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in the above work was found about a teacupful 

 of small stones, which it is supposed to have swal- 

 lowed for the purpose of facilitating digestion. It 

 was only thirty-four inches long from the nose to 

 the end of the tail ; and a young one was found in it. 

 The figure given in the Asiatic Researches is 

 considered as a variety, differing a little in the 

 proportion of some of its measurements from that 

 described by the Count de Buffon, &c. In re- 

 ality, it should seem to be the variety slightly de- 

 scribed and figured in the Philosophical Transac- 

 tions; and which Mr. Pennant has introduced 

 into the last edition of his History of Quadrupeds 

 as a distinct species, under the title of the Broad- 

 tailed Manis. This we shall, in compliance with 

 that excellent zoologist, describe in a separate 

 article, though we think it may be doubted whe- 

 ther it should be really considered as a distinct 

 species. Specimens of the Manis pentadactyla 

 have sometimes been seen of the length of six 

 feet from the nose to the tip of the tail. 



BROAD-TAILED MANIS. 



Manis cauda latissima. 



Manis with extremely broad tail. 



Broad- tailed Manis. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 254. 



New Manis. Phil. Trans. 60. /. $6. pi. 1 1 . 



This animal is figured in the 60th volume of 

 the Philosophical Transactions : it was killed in 



