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both brought up in the Parisian school of the Gar- 

 den of Plants, and to their discoveries, after the ter- 

 mination of their agreement with Sir Stamford, we 

 are indebted for several new and curious productions. 

 Nearly at this period, Sir Stamford's discoveries in 

 Zoology were published in the Transactions of the 

 Linnean Society ; among these may be mentioned 

 the Ursus Malayanus, forming the Genus Helarctos 

 of Horsfield ; the Felis macrocelis, or Rimau dahan ; 

 the Viverra gymnura, which Messrs Vigors and Hors- 

 field afterwards dedicated to its discoverer under the 

 title of Gymnura Rafflesii; several very interesting 

 quadrumanous animals, and the Indian Tapir. In 

 tracing out these animals, great difficulty often arose; 

 they inhabited the interior, and the first indication of 

 them was perhaps some rude hint or native descrip- 

 tion ; thus, Sir Stamford was of opinion that another 

 large tapir-looking animal inhabited the forests, with a 

 narrow riband of white round the back and belly ; 

 the description was simply, that the band is narrow, 

 head truncated, the tail long ; and they had to be 

 sought for and obtained in districts, little, if ever, 

 visited, and where there was often a superstitious 

 dread, which no persuasion or temptation could over- 

 come. Among the rarer birds, we are also indebted 

 to these researches for Eurylamus, Calyptomena, 

 &c. All these were proposed to have been illus- 

 trated in a work entitled Museum Rafflesianum, but 

 which we fear has not reached a step farther than 

 its contemplation. 



