HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS, 293 



WE have here given a faithful representation, 

 drawn from the life, of an animal which has hitherto 

 escaped, the observation of naturalists. Its features 

 and leading characters 'seem to be so strong, as to 

 leave no room for doubt with respect to its rank in 

 the animal creation: and from the striking corre- 

 spondence of parts observable between it and the 

 common Bear, we are induced to dispose of them in 

 the same class. We are the more confirmed in this 

 opinion, from an attentive examination of its dis- 

 position and manners; notwithstanding it seems to 

 differ in some of those characteristics which have 

 been pointed out by naturalists as the guides to a 

 regular and systematic arrangement. 



Its body is covered with a long, rough, and 

 shaggy coat of hair, which gives it, when lying 

 down, the appearance of a rude and shapeless 

 mass; on the top of its back, the hair, which is 

 twelve inches long, rises up like a hunch, separates 



