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MONKIES, 



Maucauco. 



Tigers. 



Opossum. 



WEESft. 



MALAYAN ISLES. 



hog, two long rough cars, and a thick bufliy tail; the eyes 

 placed upright in the head, quite different from other beads ; on 

 the fide of the head, next to the eyes, ftand two long horns, or 

 rather teeth, not quite fo thick as thofe of an elephant ; it feeds 

 on herbage, and is but feldom taken. I have enquired about 

 this animal fron-i Mr. Loten and others, who never heard of 

 it. I fufpeift Mr. Nicuhoff was impofed on by a li(5titiou& 

 drawing. 



The monkey tribe are very numerous ; at their head is the 

 Ourang Oiitang, common to Sumatra,, Borneo, Celebes, and this 

 illand. I lliall fpeak more of that fpecies when I reach Borneo. 

 The Egret, N° 119, the Monea, N° 120, and feveral other kinds, 

 abound ; and Sir Jofeph Banks faw near Batavia a great black 

 one, but it ran away before he could afcertain the fpecies. 



That lingular animal XhQ flying Maucauco, N° 156, is found 

 here, and is well reprefented by Bontius. It inhabits alfo the Phi- 

 lippine ifles. 



'Tigers are found in great numbers in the forefts oijava, and 

 annually deftroy multitudes who are employed in hunting, or 

 cutting of wood. Bontius, p. 55, fays, that Leopards or Pan- 

 thers are lefs common than the Tiger, but he does not fix the 

 fpecies. 



The Javan Opojpum, N" 219, is M^ell engraven by Le Brun*. 



The Phalanger, N° 226, I fufpedt to be native of the fame 

 ifland. 



The four-toed Weefel, or Surikate, N° 257, is another animal 

 of this country. 



♦Travels, ii. p. 212. 



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