28o THE CRAB-EATER. 



and the flat claws on the fore feet, are remark-^ 

 able. This animal, whole fKin is preferved m 

 the royal cabinet, was young when it was tranf- 

 mitted to us. It is a male; and the following 

 is a defcription of it. 



The length of the whole body, from the 

 nofe to the origin of the tail, is about feven- 

 teen inches. Before, it is fix inches three lines 

 high, and fix Inches and a half behind. The 

 tail, which is grayifti, fcaly, and n.ikcd, is fif- 

 teen inches and a half long, ten lines in circum- 

 ference at the origin, and gradually tapers to a 

 point. 



As the legs of this animal are very fliort, he 

 has, at a dillance, lome relemblancc to a ter- 

 rier. The head is not very different from that 

 of a dog, and exceeds not four inches one line 

 in length, froin the point of the nofe to the 

 occiput. The eye is not large; the edges of 

 the eye-brows are black ; and, above the eye, 

 there qre haiis of an inch and a ciuarter in 

 length. There arc fimilar hairs on the fide of the 

 cheek near the ear. The whiikers are black, 

 and about an inch and a half long. The open- 

 ing of the mouth is near two inches. The up- 

 per jaw is armed, pn each fide, with a crooked 

 canine tooth, whicii reaches beyond the under 

 jaw. The ear is brown, naked, broad, and 

 round at the extremity. 



The hair on the body is woollv, and interr- 

 iperfed with other long llifl" black hairs. Thefe 



long 



