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following manner : — ^when he comes to an Ant-hiil, 

 he scratches it up with his long claws, and then 

 unfolds his slender tongue, which much resembles 

 an enormously long worm ; this being covered over 

 with a clammy matter or saliva, the Ants get upon 

 it in great numbers, and by drawing it into his 

 mouth, he swallows thousands of them alive ; and 

 he repeats the operation till no more are to be 

 found. He also climbs trees in quest of Wood-lice 

 and wild-honey ; but should he meet with little suc- 

 cess in bis devastations, he is able to fast for consi- 

 derable time without the smnllest inconvenience. 

 His motions are in general very slow. He swims 

 over great rivers with sufficient ease : on these occa-? 

 sions his tail is always thrown over his back. 



It is said that these Antycaters are tameable, and 

 that in a domestic state they will pick up crumbs of 

 bread and small pieces of flesh. They are natives 

 of Brazil and Guiana, and are sometimes eight or 

 nine feet in length from the end of the suout to the 

 tip of the tail*. The females bring forth one- 

 young one at a time, wliich docs not arrive at ma- 

 turity till it is four years old. 



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WE now come to a race of animals of huge size 

 and bulk, inhabitants only of the tropical climatcsv 

 They are dull and sluggish in their manners, but im 



* Stedmau. 

 t Tlii? name i* deriveil fioiu pif piif f iio&e, and y.spx^ a hom. 



