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seeds are eagerly and easily collected by the natives, as the 

 coffee is thus obtained without the tedious process of re- 

 moving its membranaceous arillus. 



The injurious effects occasioned by the ravages of this 

 animal in the coffee plantations are, however, fully counter- 

 balanced by its propagating the plant in various parts of the 

 forests, and particularly on the declivities of the fertile hills ; 

 these spontaneous groves of a valuable fruit, in various 

 parts of the western districts of Java, afford to the natives 

 no inconsiderable harvest, while the accidental discovery of 

 them, surprises and delights the traveller, in the most se- 

 questered parts of the island. 



Sir Stamford Raffles has inserted, in his valuable cata- 

 logue of animals, contained in the thirteenth volume of the 

 Linnaean Transactions, an account of the Einturong of Ma- 

 lacca, and it must be observed, that some time previous to 

 the separate classification of the Paradoxurus typus, as a dis- 

 tinct genus, by MM. Cuvier, Sir Stamford must have seen 

 the impropriety of arranging the animal with the Viverra?, 

 as although he does so in point of fact, he adds a mark of 

 doubt on its propriety. 



Immediately between Viverra and Ursus is an animal, 

 says Sir Stamford, called Binturong, found at Malacca, by 

 Major Farquhar. 



The body of this animal is about two feet and a half in 

 length, tail nearly the same, bushy and prehensile, height 

 from twelve to fifteen inches. It is entirely covered, with 

 the exception of the legs and face, with a thick fur of strong 

 black hair. Its general appearance and habit is slow and 

 crouching ; the body long and heavy, and low on the legs ; 

 the tail is thick at the root, gradually diminishing in size to 

 the extremity, where it curls inwards. The muzzle is short 

 and pointed, somewhat turned up at the nose, and is covered 

 with bristly hairs, brown at the points, which lengthen as 



