mm A am. 



when the animal walks. The toes are sliort ; 

 the great toe is the longest. The eyes are close 

 togetk^, with the ittde& of si h^l mlsm t the 

 upper eyelids have lashes, the kwet MVe mne. 



The nose is confluent with tlie face, except at the 

 nostrils, wliich are a little elevated. The month 

 large, ears small, resembling tlie human, except 



hereles on the tub^^i^gities of the ischinm, hut is 

 destitnte of a tail or even the rudiment of one. 



His food is various : he preferred vegetable 

 diet, 88 xice, plantains, &e., and Vf9$ ravenously 

 fond €^ eaxmU, oivfhidt ire liftd some ifttB&tLty 

 pdffeServed on board. Although, when at dinner, 

 he woidd liehavo well, not intruding hh [jaw 

 into our plates, having ''acquired politeness," as 

 Jack would say, by being on board, yet, when 

 Ihigp ^Gamts appeared) nil X(Mi 

 in Ms eager desire for them ; and it required some 

 exertion to keep him from attacking them w ith 

 tooth and paw/' unmindfnl whether we wished 

 it or not, and against all the laws and reguhi- 

 ti<ms i^lie U%h. Afimt €tt ieim&% would draw 

 hljOft Jk»a <)fi:e eztd of the toMe to thie lothet, over 



which he would walk, without distnrhinii- a sin- 

 gle article, althougli tlie ship was rolling- at thf 

 time ; so admirably can tfiese animals bahmet? 



