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becomes gradually of a whitish colour; the eyes 

 are of a dark colour ; the throat and lower side 

 of the neck white, the first spotted with black, 

 having some transverse bars of black on the un- 

 der side of the neck: the ears are small and 

 round, appearing but little longer than the hair 

 that grows on the head : they are covered with 

 short brown hair : the hind part of the head and 

 neck, the whole body both above and beneath, 

 the legs and tail, are all of a brown or chesnut- 

 colour, clouded lighter and darker, viz. the up- 

 per side of the neck and beginning of the back is 

 dusky, or very dark brown, which gradually 

 changes to a lighter or more pleasant brown in 

 the middle of the back : this colour again grows 

 by degrees darker, till it becomes almost black 

 in the hind part of the back: the tail towards 

 the tip becomes of a dusky-colour: it hath a broad 

 bar of very light ash-coloured brown passing- 

 round the body, beginning at each shoulder, pro- 

 ceeding on the sides backwards, and meeting on 

 the rump, just above the tail, where it is broad- 

 est. The fur on the whole body is pretty long, 

 and seems not to lie so flat to the skin as in 

 some animals. All the feet, as far as the heel or 

 first joint, are covered with short black hair, 

 which gradually becomes brown above the knees: 

 the claws are of a light horn-colour: it hath on 

 each foot forwards four toes; the hind feet have 

 five toes each." 



It should be added, that the above specimen 

 described by Edwards, had lost one eye ; and it is 



