1-68 TOREEN'3 VOYAGE. 



"We here caught an animal (Lemur catta 

 Linn. ov.Macauco of Edwards) whofe colour 

 was reddiih, but its back of a greyifh-brown : 

 about the ears it looked like a fox: the tail 

 was grey, with black rings, about one third 

 part longer than the body, and is fet an end by 

 the animal like that of a fquirrel; but has 

 ihorter hair : theftiout was pointed. (The rea- 

 fon why I give this defcription, though fo in- 

 complete, is, becaufe I fear that fome might 

 miftake it for a fpecies of ape, to which the 

 feet would lead one : for it has five flat round 

 naiis, but the thumb on the hind-feet is very 

 large, and the firft finger had a tapering nail c ). 

 The teeth were, as far as I could fee, not 

 like thofe of monkies; for I obferved no ca- 

 nine ones : and when there was more than one 

 ferrated primary tooth in the upper-jaw, there 

 were at lead five little ones. Thus far I pro- 

 ceeded in my obfervations when it bit me. I 

 was not prefent when it died and was thrown 

 over-board. In curiofity and reftleffnefs it was 

 like a monkey ; but it was more fhy, not (o 



e T think it hath not been obferved that the fecond toe of 

 the hind -foot of Lemur catta has a bird's claw. This is 

 perhaps a new fpecies, Linn. 



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