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flatter: its colour on the upper parts pale ferru- 

 ginous ; on the under whitish : above each eye 

 is a white line, and on each side the body an- 

 other ; the head is flat ; the nose obtuse ; the eyes 

 full and black ; the whiskers long ; the upper lip 

 bifid ; the auricles scarce apparent ; the toes long 

 and distinct ; the knob on the fore-feet large, and 

 the claws very long : the tail black in the middle, 

 and hoary on each side. Whether it be really a 

 species of Dormouse may perhaps be doubted. 



