NATURAL HISTORY. 



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up, wrap their tails round them, and raise the whole array of 

 sharp-edged scales with which their body is covered, and bid 

 defiance to almost any enemy except man. They live on ants 

 arid termites, or white ants, as they are called, which they take 

 by thrusting their long slender tongue among the ante, which 

 adhere to it by a gummy saliva. "When the tongue is covered 

 it is rapidly retracted, and the ants swallowed. To obtain the 

 ants the Pangolins are furnished with powerful claws to tear 

 down the dwellings of their prey. 



The Long-tailed Manis is widely scattered through Africa, 

 but is not very common. The length of its body is about two 

 feet, and that of its tail rather more than three. 



Pentadactyla (Gr. HevradaK-vAof, five-fingered), the Short-tailed Manis. 



The Short-tailed Manis, or Bajjerkcit, is very common in 

 India. Its' entire length is about four feet. 



THE ARMADILLO. 



The ARMADILLOS live exclusively in the warmer parts of 

 America. They eat carrion, insects, and sometimes fallen 

 fruit. The armour that covers them, instead of resembling 

 scale armour like that of the Manis, forcibly reminds the 

 observer of the modified plate armour worn in the time of 

 Charles I. They burrow with great rapidity, and can only 



