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jet-black tint which is observed in the Malayan. The 
muzzle, including the region of the eyes, has a yellowish 
brown colour; and the anterior part of the neck is 
marked by a large broad patch of a more vivid and 
nearly orange tint, which is of an irregular quadran- 
gular form, and deeply notched above. The difference 
in the form and colour of this patch constitutes the chief 
distinction between the present animal and the Malayan 
species, in which latter it is crescent-shaped and white. 
The specimen from which this description was taken 
measured along the back, from the muzzle to the tail, 
three feet nine inches. It arrived in this country about 
four years ago, and formed until lately one of the most 
attractive and interesting spectacles among the animals 
confined in the Menagerie. It was brought from Borneo 
when very young, and during its passage was the con- 
stant associate of a monkey and of several other young 
animals. It was thus domesticated in early life, and its 
manners in confinement greatly resembled those of the 
Malayan Bear observed by Sir Stamford Raffles, to which 
it was probably not inferior in sagacity or intellect. It 
could rest entirely on its posterior feet, and could even 
raise itself without difficulty to a nearly erect posture ; 
but was more generally seen in a sitting attitude at the 
door of its apartment, eagerly surveying the visiters and 
attracting their attention by the uncouthness of its form 
and the singularity of its motions. When a morsel of 
bread or cake was held at a small distance beyond its 
reach, it would expand the lateral aperture of its nostrils 
and thrust forwards its upper lip as a proboscis in a 
most ludicrous manner, at the same time making use of 
its paws to seize the object. After obtaining it and filling 
