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RABBIT. 



Rabbits have been introduced, and when well tended, 

 they breed very abundantly. 

 Lepus cuniculus. 



TOOTHLESS ANIMALS- 



The Edentata, or toothless animals, have only one re- 

 presentative in these Provinces, and another in Arracan. 



PANGOLIN. 



The scaly ant-eater is not very rare here, and so far as 

 I can judge, it is the same species as the one found in Ma- 

 lacca, though there is not a perfect correspondence. It 

 has not the difference in colour at the end of the tail 

 which is characteristic of the Arracan species. 

 Manis javanica Desmarest. 



" pentadactyla, Lin. apud Raffles. 



11 aspera, Sundeval. 



" quinquedactyla, Raffles, apud Gray : List. 



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ARRACAN PANGOLIN. 



The scaly ant-eater of Arracan is another species, but 

 called by the same native names. 

 Manis leucura. 



THICK SKINNED ANIMAL?. 



Six species of Pachydermata, or thick-skinned animals, 

 inhabit our forests. 



ELEPHANT. 



Wild elephants are numerous in the interior, and their 

 haunts readily traced by the mutilations of the bamboos 

 and young trees ; but they usually avoid settlements. I 

 have often come upon them on the wild, lone banks of the 

 Tenasserim, and have heard their blowing and heavy 

 tramp around my booth by the head waters of Tavoy ri- 

 ver. They seem uniformly to avoid the face of man, 

 unless wounded by him, but an enraged elephant is a 



