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a claw in the place of the thumb or interior toe : 

 on the hind feet there are five toes. 



When it eats or drefles itfelf, it fits ere6l, cover- 

 ing the body with its tail, and making uie of the 

 fore-legs as hands. It is obferved, that the gullet 

 of this animal is very narrow, to prevent it from dif- 

 gorging its food, in defcending of trees, or in down 

 leaps. 



I ^ Two 



