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manner of life they resemble the rest of this ge- 

 nus, feeding on small birds, vegetables, &c. In 

 feeding they often sit in the manner of a squirrel, 

 holding their food in their hands. 



In Mr. White's Journal of a Voyage to New 

 South Wales we have a description of this species 

 by the late Mr. John Hunter, containing some 

 remarks relative to the appearance of the teeth, 

 which cannot fail to be interesting to every ana- 

 tomist. 



" This animal (says Mr. Hunter) is about the 

 size of a Raccoon, is of a dark grey colour on the 

 back, becoming lighter on the sides, which ter- 

 minates in a rich brown on the belly. The hair 

 is of two kinds, a long hair, and a kind of fur, 

 and even the long hair, at the roots, is of the fur 

 kind. 



" The head is short; the eyes rather promi- 

 nent; the ears broad, not peaked. 



" The teeth resemble those of all the animals 

 from that country I have ever seen. 



" The incisors are not continued into the 

 grinders by intermediate teeth, although there 

 are two teeth in the intermediate space in the up- 

 per jaw, and one in the lower. The incisors are 

 similar to those of the Kangaroo, and six in num- 

 ber in the upper jaw, opposed by two in the 

 lower, which have an oblique surface extending 

 some distance from their edge, so as to increase 

 the surface of contact. 



f< There are two cuspidati on each side in the 

 upper jaw, and only one in the lower; live grinders 



