82 SLOW LEMUR. 
the same animal in its climbing attitude, and was 
drawn from a living specimen in a perfectly 
healthy state. If there be any thing faulty in 
either of the above representations^ it is that the 
eyes are scarce expressed with sufficient fulness and 
protuberancy, a defect which is remedied in the 
annexed plate of the present work, in which both 
these figures are shewn. In this^ as in some 
others, the fingers and toes have rounded nails, 
as in most of the monkies ; but the inner toe on 
each hind foot, next the thumbs has a sharp claw. 
Mr. Yosmaer s description of this animals man- 
ners is extremely accurate, and is confirmed by 
the observation of several specimens, which have 
since been brought into Europe, two of which I 
have myself examined. I received (says he) this 
singular animal in June 17^8^ and^ notwithstand- 
ing its disagreeable odour^ my curiosity induced 
me to take it into my chamber. It slept all the 
day to the very evening, and it being then the 
height of summer, it did not awake till half past 
eight in the evening. It was kept in a cage of 
an oblong square shape, with iron wires ; and it 
constantly slept seated on its hind part, close to 
the wires, with its head bent forwards between the 
two fore feet, which were placed over its belly. 
In this attitude it always held itself strongly at- 
tached by the two hind feet to the iron wires of 
the cage ; and often by one of the fore feet also ; 
which makes me imagine that it generally sleeps 
on trees, holding by the branches. Its motion, 
when awakened, was extremely slow, and always 
