266 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



"We have here given a faithful reprefentation, drawn 

 from the life, of an animal which has hitherto efcaped 



the obfervations of naturalifts. Its features and leading 



characters feem to be fo ftrong, as to leave no room for 

 doubt with refpecl: to its rank in the animal creation : 

 And, from the ftriking correspondence of parts obferva- 

 ble between it and the common Bear, we are induced to 

 difpofe of them in the fame clafs. We are the more 

 confirmed in this opinion, from an attentive examination 

 of its difpofition and manners; notwithstanding, it feems 

 to differ in fome of thofe charac~teriftics which have been 

 pointed out by naturalifts as the guides to a regular and 

 fyilematic arrangement. 



Its body is covered with a long, rough, and fhaggy 

 coat of hair, which gives it, when lying down, the ap- 

 pearance of a rude and fhapelefs mafs ; on the top of its 

 back, the hair, which is twelve inches long, rifes up like 

 a hunch, feparates in the middle, and falls down in dif- 



