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great, remain apparently undiminished. At last one night, it tossed off 

 the ponderous lid placed on its box and made its escape, no traces 

 of it being discoverable the next morning. 



The second specimen I had in my possession, and which furnished 

 the description here given, was brought me by some Koles in March 

 1842. It had been caught on a hill, at some distance from Chybasa, 

 and in the midst of jungles. I had not unfortunately any opportunity 

 of enquiring into the particulars of its capture. As I was then just about 

 to leave Chybasa, T had it put into a box, and carried banghy fashion, 

 along with my petarahs. During a three days' journey, it refused to 

 eat anything, like its predecessor, but drank water. About the fourth 

 day it began to grow more and more lethargic, remaining doubled up 

 in its usual posture of repose. It was placed at night on a white ant 

 hill ; and at other times, black ants and larvee were placed before it, 

 but it refused nourishment, and after much protracted suffering, died 

 during the night of the fifth day. Its tongue, which appeared paralyzed, 

 remained protruded for the last 20 or 24 hours, till the end had become 

 dry and shrivelled up. On being opened, there were found, as has been 

 before related, swarms of intestinal worms in the stomach, which, and 

 not starvation, might perhaps have caused its death, for there was a 

 quantity of the remains of ants in the stomach, and the rectum was full 

 of faeces. One hind foot of the animal had also been cut off, but the 

 wound appeared an old one, though it still smelt offensively. The whole 

 body, especially on the soft skin underneath, and between the scales, was 

 covered with disgusting swarms of ticks, and the animal was altogether 

 filthy in the extreme. Both these specimens (of which the first mentioned 

 was much smaller) were perfectly gentle and harmless. The former one 

 would when handled, hiss like a snake, and this was the only sound I 

 ever heard either of them emit. They slept rolled up in a ball. 



One of these animals, in the possession of Captain Hannyngton, As- 

 sistant to the Governor- General, South-west Frontier at Poorulia, that 

 gentleman described as having been much larger than mine, and of a 

 clear whitish colour. It also was never observed to eat any thing, 

 although allowed to ramble about the garden, (under surveillance,) and 

 eventually made its escape, which it effected, (curious to say,) in the 

 same way, and under the same circumstances as did the first animal, 



above alluded to. 



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