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inches and three eighths. These were doubled, 

 or had a plait on the bottom on the outside ; the 

 borders of his ears in the inside were thick covered 

 with soft white hair, but the middle part was 

 bare, and of a pink or rose colour They were 

 about an inch and half broad, and the cavities 

 within were very large. It was very difficult to 

 measure these, for he was very impatient at hav- 

 ing his ears touched, and always kept them erect, 

 unless when terrified by a Cat. The pupil of the 

 eye was large and black, surrounded by a deep 

 blue iris. He had strong, thick mustaches; the 

 tip of his nose very sharp, black, and polished. 

 His upper jaw reached beyond the lower, and had 

 four grinders on each side of the mouth. It had 

 six fore-teeth in each jaw: those in the under jaw 

 are smaller than the upper: the canine-teeth are 

 long, large, and exceedingly pointed: his legs 

 are small, and his feet very broad ; he has four 

 toes armed with crooked, black sharp claws; 

 those on his fore feet more crooked and sharp 

 than behind. All his body is nearly of a dirty 

 white, bordering on cream-colour; the hair of his 

 belly rather whiter, softer, and longer than the 

 rest, and on it a number of paps, but he was so 

 impatient it was impossible to count them. He 

 very seldom extended or stiffened his tail, the 

 hair of which was harder. He had a very sly 

 and wily appearance. But as he is a solitary 

 animal, and not gregarious, as he has no par- 

 ticular mark of feelings about him, no shift or 

 particular cunning which might occasion Solo- 



