Billy the Meerkat who lived "not wisely but too well." 

 He is a household pet in a fashionable home, and has in 

 consequence grown somewhat corpulent, for "he neither 

 toils nor does he spin." All his wants are provided 

 for him. 



The skull and teeth of a Slender-tailed Meerkat. (Natural 

 size.) The canine or righting teeth are large and sharp, 

 and the molar or back teeth are specially adapted for 

 crushing the hard shells of beetles and chewing them up. 



