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which was very vigorous, fed upon feveral 

 things, as bifkets, fruits, pot herbs, infeds, and 

 fnails ; that one day being unchained, it dart- 

 ed upon a fmall goldfilh that was in a 

 bafin, which it killed and devoured with avi- 

 dity ; and that afterwards fnia'I eels were pre- 

 fented to it, which, at firit, frighted it, by twill- 

 ing round its neck ; but that it foon overcame 

 and ate them. Mr Edwards fubjoins a fad, 

 which proves that thefe fmall animals might be 

 multiplied in the fouthern parts. of Europe : He 

 tells us, that they produced young in Portugal, 

 where the climate is favourable to them. They 

 are at firft very ugly, having hardly any hair 

 on their bodies ; and they adhere firmly to the 

 teats of the mother. When they have become 

 a little larger, they fixthemfelves upon her back 

 or Ihoulders; and, when fhe is fatigued by 

 carrying them, fhe rubs them off againft a wall, 

 and the father inftantly allows them to mount 

 upon his back, in order to afnft the mother *. 



DlJlhiEllve CharaBers of this Species. 



The ouiftiri has neither cheek-pouches nor 

 callofities on the buttocks. His tail is flaccid, 

 very bufhy, annula*^ed with alternate bars of 

 black and white, or rather of brown and gray, 

 and twice as long as the head aud body. The 



partition 



* Edwards's glean'ngs, p. 1 7. 



