lcon Ursi longirostris. 327 



nostrum Ursum repraesentat *). Duplex eius exhibetur figura, 

 utraque sistens animal decumbens, sinistra nimirum in statu 

 tranquillo, clauso ore et prono, dextra vero, — cuius antica 

 tantum pars in conspectum yenit, quum posterior arbore 

 quodam atque marginali tabulae fini occultetur, — in incitato , 

 porrecto ore atque hiante, ita ut omnes reliqui dentes, inci- 

 sivis exceptisj egregie conspectui offerantur. Vultus animalis, 

 extremitatum situs, indumentum et reliqua, si supra dictum 

 errorem excipere yelis, feliciter sunt atque sincere expressa. 

 Iam non superyacaneum videbitur, si periti huius picto- 

 ris, qui, quantum scimus, maiori iure nuncupatur auctor 

 primarius, relationem, missa scilicet introductione sua, ipsis- 

 simis verbis subiungimus: 



33 The Petre Bear (which is the name we hawe been dire- 

 ctet to call it by a very able naturalistj was brought to England 

 in August last 3 by Capt. Pearson } on board a Ship belonging 

 to the India Company , whose report is 3 that it was brought from 

 Patna in the province of Bengal, and when it first came into his 

 possession was very young 3 nearly a cub ; — here information 

 leaves us : the manner in which it was caught 3 or the place and 

 circumstances attending y were not related; we must therefore 

 rest contented with a description of its several parts 3 noticing 

 such peculiarities j as have been observed since it came to England. 

 The animal is a female , and is now to be seen at the beast 

 shop , Holborn-hillj London. 



The PetreBear (ifthe name be allowed) hasfive claws on the 



forefeetj between two ancl three inches long, nearly of the same 



thickness , and not very bulky: the hair all over the body is of a 



rustyish black colour , very harsh and coarse, between twelve and 



*) Ko. 7. on the Terrace Tottenham Court Road. March 1 st. 1788. 



