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fat, after which it grows lean, and is in danger 

 of starving before it can climb a second tree, &c. 

 &c. All this, however, he does not pretend to 

 avouch from his own knowledge, but tells us, 

 that the negroes believe it. He assures us, how- 

 ever, that this animal is inconceivably ugly, and 

 that when old it is covered with reddish flocky 

 hair like wool; though it appears brown and 

 smoothish when young. He does not mention 

 its size. The figure bears some resemblance to 

 the Lemur tardigradus, but is represented with a 

 tail of some length. 



WOOLLY. 



Lemur Mongoz. L. caudatus grtseo-fuscus, cauda imicohre. 

 Long-tailed grey-brown Lemur, with tail of a similar colour. 

 Lemur Mongoz. L. caudatus grueus, cauda unicohre. Lin. Sjst. 



Nat. p. 44. 

 Mongous. Buff. 13./. 198.//. 26. and suppl. J. p. 118.//. 32. 

 Mongooz. Ednv. pi. 2 1 6. 

 Woolly Macauco. Pennant Quadr. Buff. I. /. 229. 



This species is about the size of a cat, and 

 is of an uniform dusky-brown-colour, with the 

 breast and belly white or whitish. The tail is very 

 long and thickly covered with fur: the whole ani- 

 mal is also covered with thick, soft, wavy or curl- 

 ing fur. The eyes are of a bright orange-colour; 

 and are surrounded by a circle of black, which 

 descends to some little distance down the nose; 

 the remainder, with the cheeks, being white : the 



