yfl MlsceUames in Natural History. 



VII. MuLTuxGULA. Mostly large, or shapeless, bristly* 

 thinly haired mammalia, with more than two claws on 

 each foot ; coniprehcncrmg swine, ibr these properly 

 have four claws. 



36. Sus. 

 37' Tapir. 



38. Elephas. 



39. Rhinoceros, 



40. Hippopotamus. 



VIII. Palmata. Web-footed mammalia, again divided, 

 according to the diversity of their incisors, into the 

 above three families. 



A. Glires. 



41. Castor. 



B. Fer.'e. 



42. Phoca. 



43. Lutra. 



C. Bruta. 



44. Ornithorhyncus. 



45. Trichechus. 



IX. Cetacea. 



46. Monodon. 



47. Balcena. 



48. Physeier. 



49. Delphinup. 



Ohservations on a livivg Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis. 



Some months ago I obtained that wonder of all the land 

 annnals, as Mr. Lawson calls it, for which I was indebted 

 to the kindness of an American friend, Dr. Tidyman, of 

 Charlestown, in South Carolina. 



It is about as large as a middle-sized cat. Its head is 

 shaped like that of the fox: but its long -snout, and the 

 bare flesh-coloured nose turned somewhat upwards almoiTt' 

 in the form of a snout, are nearly like those of a pig. The 

 aperture of the mouth is exceedingly wide : the lower jaw 

 is perceptibly shorter th^i tiie upper ; and the upper angu- 

 lar teeth, even when the itimith is shut, are visible. The 

 head is white, with a faint blackish stripe along the fore- 

 head, and the part between the fore corners of the eyes and 

 the snout is of the same colour. Both sides of the mouth, 

 and in particular the chin, are furnislicd with a great many 

 long stiff hairs. The pupil ofei^' eye is small, but the 

 cornea is proportionally large aiid' exceedingly convex, so 

 thai very little of the while of the eye can be seen ; and 



this, 



