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the hairs are comparatively long — that is^ they are 

 ahout half an inch in length, or rather more, — and at 

 the tip they form a small tuft ; these longer hairs 

 are of the same colour as those on other parts of tail, 

 but at the tip they are blackish : one distinct broad 

 transverse mark is observable, crossing the base of 

 the tail above, and beyond this there are faint tracings 

 of one or two narrow dark marks. The general tint 

 of the head is rather paler than that of the body ; on 

 the cheeks and above the eyes, the hairs are whitish 

 brown ; immediately in front of the eye is a smallish 

 black patch ; connected with this is a narrow black 

 line which runs over the eye and becomes rather 

 broader at the posterior angle ; the muzzle is dusky ; 

 the hairs on the edge of the upper lip are white. 

 The chin, throat, chest, belly and inner side of the 

 limbs are brown-white ; the limbs externally, and 

 the feet, scarcely differ in tint from the upper parts 

 of the body. The fur on the back and sides of the 

 body, is of a deep brown-colour next the skin ; the 

 hairs are very pale yellowish-brown, inclining to 

 brown-white, (excepting those which form the dark 

 bands,) towards the apex, and brown or blackish at 

 the apex, blackish on the back, and brownish on the 

 sides of the body : on the belly the hairs are also 

 brown at the base, but rather paler than those of the 

 back, externally they are brown-white. The sole 

 of the fore-feet, and underside of the toes, is devoid 

 of hair and exceedingly rough ; a narrow naked 

 space extends from the great pad at the base of the 

 toes, (which is divided into three portions by some- 



