278 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



brush made it desist. Its mode of living was very 

 singular:- it slept from midnight to noon, kept 

 awake the rest of the day, and uniformly walked 

 about from six in the evening till midnight, without 

 the least regard to the w r eather. This is probably 

 the time assigned by nature to this species of ani- 

 mals for procuring their food, which consists chiefly 

 of young birds, eggs, and small animals. 



It inhabits Brazil and Guiana, runs up trees very 

 nimbly, eats like a Dog, and holds its food between 

 its fore legs, like the bear. 



The Coati stands with ease on its hind feet. It 

 is said to gnaw its own tail, which it generally car- 

 ries erect, and sweeps it about from side to side. 



