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a fine white downy hair, and the body 

 is cloathed with long hair, of a mining 

 black, except at the points, where it is 

 white. Thefe animals are frequently 

 tamed, and their tricks and geftures are 

 not a' little diverting; but they can ne- 

 ver be diverted of a mifchievous difpofi- 

 tion, for which they are remarkable, 

 and which feems conftitutional. 



Between the Quato and Saccawinkee 

 there are numerous fpecies of thefe ani- 

 mals, of intermediate fizes, of which 

 it would be impoffible to convey diftinct 

 ideas by verbal defcriptions, were I able 

 to give them ; but notwithstanding I 

 have refided in Guiana near three years, 

 I can by no means pretend to have feen 

 all the different fpecies of thefe ani- 

 mals, almoft every day prefenting a dif- 

 ferent kind to my obfervation, either in 

 poffeffion of the Indians y or in the 

 woods, where they are fo numerous, 



that 



