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mention of what follows, still it is not less true on that 

 account. The Sloth is the only quadruped known, which 

 spends its whole life from the branch of a tree, suspended 

 by his feet. I have paid uncommon attention to him in 

 his native haunts. The monkey and squirrel will seize a 

 branch with their fore feet, and pull themselves up, and 

 rest or run upon it ; but the Sloth, after seizing it, still 

 remains suspended, and suspended moves along under the 

 branch, till he can lay hold of another. Whenever I have 

 seen him in his native woods, whether at rest, or asleep, 

 or on his travels, I have ahvays observed that he was 

 suspended from the branch of a tree. When his foiTQ 

 and anatomy are attentively considered, it will appear 

 evident that the Sloth cannot be at ease in any situation, 

 where his body is higher, or above his feet. We will now 

 take our leave of him. 



In the far-extending wilds of Guiana, the traveller will 

 be astonished at the immense quantity of Ants which he 

 perceives on the ground and in the trees. They have 

 nests in the branches, four or five times as large as that 

 of the rook ; and they have a covered way from them to 

 the ground. In this covered way thousands are perpe- 

 tually passing and repassing ; and if you destroy part of 

 it, they turn to, and immediately repair it. 



Other species of Ants again have no covered way ; but 

 travel, exposed to view, upon the surface of the earth. 

 You will sometimes see a string of these Ants a mile long. 



