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not unlike a kid, and the old ones liave somewhat the 

 flavour of he-goat. 



I mentioned, in a former adventure, that I had hit upon 

 an entirely new plan of making the skins of quadrupeds 

 retain their exact form and feature. Intense application 

 to the subject has since that period enabled me to shorten 

 the process, and hit the character of an animal to a very 

 great nicety, even to the preservation of the pouting lip, 

 dimples, warts, and wrinkles on the face. I got a fine 

 specimen of the howling monkey ; and took some pains 

 with it, in order to show the immense difference that 

 exists betwixt the features of this monkey, and those 

 of man. 



I also procured an animal which has caused not a little 

 speculation and astonishment. In my opinion, his thick 

 coat of hair, and great length of tail, put his species out 

 of all question ; but then his face and head cause the 

 inspector to pause for a moment, before he ventures to 

 pronounce his opinion of the classification. He was a 

 large animal, and as I was pressed for daylight, and more- 

 over, felt no inclination to have the whole weight of his 

 body upon my back, I contented myself with his head 

 and shoulders, which I cut off: and have brought them 

 with me to Europe.^ I have since found, that I acted 

 quite right in doing so, having had enough to answer for 

 the head alone, without saying anything of his hands and 

 feet, and of his tail, which appendage, Lord Kames asserts, 

 belongs to us. 



The features of this animal are quite of the Grecian 

 cast ; and he has a placidity of countenance which shows 



^ My young friend, Mr. J. H. Foljambe, eldest son of Thomas Foljanibe, 

 Esq. of Wakefield, has made a drawing of the Iiead and shoulders of this 

 animal, (see Frontispiece,) and it is certainly a most correct and striking 

 likeness of the original. 



