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ears, four-tenths of an inch; fore-arm, half an inch; paw, four-tenths 

 of an inch ; tibia, nine-tenths of an inch ; hind foot, nine-tenths of an 

 inch. Female." 



" Male. Length of head and body, four inches ; tail, four and a 

 half inches." 



" This animal is a great pest in most of the houses on the Feejee 

 Islands. It makes its nest in the thatched roof, being an excellent 

 climber, and sallies forth at night in such numbers as to be exceed- 

 ingly troublesome. To us, strangers, their gambols overhead, in the 

 thatch, were so noisy as to banish sleep, and their attacks on our 

 pockets and packs, containing edibles provided for our excursions, were 

 so vigorous, that cloth and buttons or willow baskets afibrded no pro- 

 tection from them. 



" The natives have a very simple and ingenious contrivance to save 

 provisions from their attacks. It is an implement suspended from the 

 roof, as represented above, which, being sometimes fancifully carved, 

 led some of our officers, not acquainted with its use, to suppose it to 

 be a household deity." 



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