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webbed, the cheeks are furnished with hxrge pouches, and the 

 foi'e-feet look exactly as if they had six toes instead of 

 five. 



It is rather prettily marked, the ground colour being grey, 

 on which are bold black marks. In the young, the grey is 

 lisrhter and the black darker than in the adult animal. 



Orange [Citrios aurantium). — Those who have travelled in 

 the West Indies say that the Orange cannot be appreciated 

 unless eaten off the tree, and that the best " China " Orange 

 of our shops is but bad brown sugar and water to the Orange 

 when fresh. The only drawback is, that the aromatic oil of 

 the peel is so powerful that the lips are blistered, unless 

 every particle of peel be removed. 



Otter (Pteronura Sanhachii).- — The following account of 

 this animal is given by Mr. C. B. Brown : — - 



" We frequently came up wdth parties of Otters, composed 

 of from five to eight individuals, which tried to dispute the 

 passage of the river with us. They used to approach the 

 canoes, and all popping their heads out of water together, 

 would snort and snarl as if trying to intimidate us. Seeing 

 that our advance was not to be checked, they took long dives 

 away, and quickly disappeared beyond a bend in the river, to 

 be seen no more. They were of a brownish colour, with a 



