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ON THE ANATOMY OF THE 



of men. It was attracted by bright metals ; seem- 

 ed to take pride in clothing, and often put a cocked 

 hat on its head. It was dirty in its habits, and 

 never was known to wash itself. It was afraid of 

 fire-arms ; and, on the whole, appeared a timid 

 animal. 



It lived with Captain Payne seventeen weeks, 

 two of which were spent in Cork and Liverpool. 

 At the former place it was exhibited, for the be- 

 nefit of the soup-kitchen, for a few days, but seems 

 to have been there neglected. On coming to Li- 

 verpool, it languished a few days, moaned heavily, 

 was oppressed in its breathing, and died with con- 

 vulsive motions of its limbs. 



I shall now proceed to describe its 



External Appearance. 



When erect, this animal is about thirty inches 

 high. The skin appears of a yellowish-white co-. # 

 lour, and is thinly covered with long black hair on 

 the front ; but it is considerably more hairy behind. 

 The hair on the head is rather thin, and is 

 thickest on the forehead, where it divides, about 

 an inch above the orbitar process of the fron- 

 tal bone, and running a little backwards, falls 

 down before the ears, forming whiskers on the 

 cheeks. Here the hair measures nearly two 

 inches long, but that on the occiput is not 

 above an inch in length. There are a few stiff 



