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this servant, he became enraged, and with sparkling eyes would spring towards 
him, making violent outcries; under such circumstances, he would accept 
of nothing, until his enemy had with drawn. The voice of the raccoon, when 
enraged, is very singular, sometimes resembling the whistling of a curlew, 
and at others the hoarse barking of an old dog. When struck by any one, 
or attacked by an animal stronger than himself, he offered no resistance ; 
like the hedge-hog, he hid his head and paws, by rolling his body in form 
of a ball, and would have suffered death in that position. I have observed 
that he never left hay nor straw in his bed, preferring to sleep on the 
boards; when litter was given, he threw it away immediately. » He did not 
seem very sensible to cold, and passed two out of three winters exposed to 
all the rigors of the season, and did well, notwithstanding he was frequently 
covered with snow. Ido not think he was solicitous to receive warmth; 
during some frosts, I gave him separately warm water and water almost 
frozen, to soak his food in, and he always preferred the latter. He was at 
liberty to sleep in tre stable, but often preferred passing the night in the 
open yard.” 
THE BROWN COATI.1 
Tuis animal, of which we are now about to treat, many authors have 
called coatimundi. It is very different from the animal described in the pre- 
ceding article. It is of a smaller size than the raccoon; its body and neck, 
its head and nose, are of a more lengthened form; its upper jaw is an inch, 
or an inch anda half longer than the lower one, and its snout, which is 
moveable in every direction, turns up at the point. The eyes of the coati 
are also smaller than the eyes of the raccoon, and are surrounded by three 
1 Nasua fusca. The genus Nasua has six upper and six lower .acisors; two upper 
and two lower canines; twelve upper and twelve lower molars. Lower incisors on the 
same line; three posterior molars, tuberculous ; feet pentadactyle, armed with strong 
nails ; nose much prolonged and moveable ; tail long; six ventral mamme. 
