Since writing the above notes I have found the following remaiks 

 in the " Naturalists' voyage round the World," by Darwin, who 

 although he refers to varieties of the South American cousins of 

 this family the armadilloes "Llasypus minutus" or "joW/," and the 

 " apar" may perhaps be quoted in corroboratiou of what I have 

 just said regarding the means of self-defence and the burrowing 

 powers of the Indian pangolins. Of the " apar," commonly called 

 4i mataco" Darwin says : " It has the power of rolling itself into a 

 c ' perfect sphere, like one kind of English wood-louse. In this 

 " state it is safe from the attack of dogs ; for the dog not being able 

 w to take the whole in its mouth, tries to bite one side, and the ball 

 " slips away. The smooth hard covering of the mataco offers a 

 " better defence than the sharp spines of the hedge-hog." Of the 

 Dasypus minutus or picky, Darwin writes : w In the course of a 

 " day's ride, near Bahia Blanca, several were generally met with. 

 " The instant one was perceived, it was necessary in order to catch 

 " it, almost to tumble off one's horse ; for in soft soil the animal bur- 

 " rowed so quickly that its hinder quarters would almost disappear 

 " before one could alight." 



Another instance, if indeed any example be required, of how 

 wonderfully the Creator has adopted the means of defence of each of 

 bis creatures to its habits and conformation. Even the toothless and 

 awkward-looking manis, although incapable of damaging any living 

 thing larger than a small insect, is proof against the attacks of any 

 animal at all likely to molest it. 



I own that I have never been struck with the resemblance of the 

 mauis to a fish, mentioned at page 317 of Jerdon, who says that in 

 China and the South of India the animal is called the " hill" or 

 ^ jungle-carp," but a brother sportsman, who had never heard of 

 fchis, painted it out to me in almost the same words. 



