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the circumambient atmofpherc to a diftance too great to be conceived by 

 thofe who have not experienced the vapor. The animal which forms the 

 fubjecfl of the prefent plate is among thofe creatures which poffefs an odor, 

 not indeed difagreeable, but fo powerfully diffufive, and of fo penetrating a 

 nature as to communicate a lading perfume to every objedt which it comes 

 in contaft with. We are aflured, on the authority of Mr. Pennant, from the 

 moft unqueftioned tellimony of adlual obfervers, that it has been known to 

 render the wine in a well corked bottle not drinkable, merely by pafling 

 over it and communicating to it its own mufky fmell. 



In its general appearance this animal is by no means unpleafing; poiTefling 

 an elegance of fhape, as well as a confiderable beauty of color. It is about 

 eight inches in length, exclufive of the tail, which is fomewhat more than 

 three inches long. The color of the animal is a very fine blue-grey, fbriie- 

 what paler beneath ; while the feet, tail, and tip of the nofc, are of a light 

 pink, or rofe-color. It is a native of the Eafl Indian i|knds, and of Java 

 in particular. 



MACROPUS 



