S6 



OPOSSUMS. 



tanning. It b-rf fakpid growths bul seldom aujr- 



vives more than four or five years. 



1 an'ived at Raby at noon. This tariu is the 

 property of Riley, Esq.; it is a large and 

 Ti^aM^^^taie, p^dpdly used m shaiep- 

 rum; and there are several fine breeds t^f tliGie 

 very valuable anjoials. The estate also possesses 

 several acres of arable land, and much more 

 capable of cultivation for grain, &c. but not yet 

 umd i^cil pttrpose. 



IlBFel had an opportigmity of seeing the com- 

 mon opossum of this country, {phalan(/ista vid- 

 pifia,) one a young- fennile, and the otlicr an old 

 male ripeeimen,* {tha young feller"' and old 



^ l^tfe d^^neiods af hs0 ^j^^n^n were u fdlkms t 



^L'«i. In eh. 



From the vertex of the head to the ^^th^l tttil *J 3 

 Breadth ucrosK* the shoulders • « « .03 



Length of til© fail 0 



Breadth of the loins , . . f . . 0 .3g 

 Leogkh of the fore-leg to the cla^s . ♦ 0 6| 

 hind-leg to do. , . « f 7} 

 Length of the head tO th& nmut . „ » $ 4 

 Lerigtli of tlie ear 0 SJ 



The tail is naked uiKlerneath from its extr^mit;^ to wUhm 

 five inches of the base, and is prdl^ile. 



The eolonr of the iiKile s|iccimen was greyish; « short fine 

 fur covers the back, behig idso continuous of the ^ta$l <H3kmr 

 t&^H^iH fb^ of ti^ C«a« iiilet' w?i«^ thel^ tkeeiHr^ 

 longer^ tnom glossy, nnd of A ijliuik cohiuri the fUr m the 



