&8 ; ‘whe MAMMALIA—MONGOOS. 
THE’ MONG OOS: 
THE mongoos is less than the macauco; but its hair is, like that, ot a 
short and silken nature, but a little curled; the nose is also thicker. Buffon 
had a mongoos in his possession for several years ; its coat was of a brown 
color, the eyes yellow, the nose black, and the ears short. It had a custom 
of playing with and biting its tail, and had, by:this method, lessened it by 
four or five of the last vertebra. Whenever it-got loose, it visited the shops ' 
in the neighborhood, and would make free with fruit, sugor, sweetmeats, &e. 
to obtain which it would open the boxes. At such times, it was difficult to 
retake it; and it would bite those that attempted it, even its keeper. 
THE RED’ AND BLACK: LEMUR 
PL, 
Tuis is not only one of the most beautiful of the group to which it 
1 Lemur mongooz. 2 Lemur ruber. 
