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itself. It was afraid of fire-arms ; and, on the whole, 

 appeared a timid animal. 



' ' It lived with Captain Payne seventeen weeks, two 

 of which were spent in Cork and Liverpool. At the 

 former place it was exhibited for the benefit of the 

 &oup Kitchen for a few days, but wems to have been 

 there neglected. On coming to Liverpool, it languish- 

 ed a few days, moaned heavily, was oppressed in its 

 breathing, and died with convulsive motions of the 

 limbs. 



" When erect this animal is about thirty inches high. 

 The skin appears of a yellowish-white colour, and is 

 thinly covered with long black hair on the front ; but 

 it is considerably more hairy behind. The hair on the 

 head is rather thin, and is thickest on the forehead, 

 where it divides about an inch above the orbiter pro- 

 cess of the frontal bone, and, running a little back- 

 wards, falls down before the ears, forming whiskers on 

 the cheeks. Here the hair measures nearly two inches 

 long ; but that on the occiput is not above an inch in 

 length. There are a few stiff black hairs on the eye- 

 prows, and a scanty eyelash. A few whitish hairs are 

 scattered on the lips, especially on the under one. The 

 rest of the face is naked, and has whitish and wrinkled 

 skin. There is scarcely any hair on the neck ; but, 

 commencing at the nape, it becomes somewhat bushy 

 on the back. The abdomen is nearly naked. The 

 hair on the back of the head, and the \i hole trunk, 



