§6 WOOLLY. 
fat, after which it grows lean, and is in danger 
of starving before it can chmb a second tree, &c. 
&c. All this, however, he does not pretend to 
avouch from his own knowledge, but tells us, 
that the negroes believe it. He assures us, how- 
ever, that this animal is inconceivably vigly, and 
that when old it is covered with reddish flocky 
hair like wool; though it appears brown and 
smoothish when young. He does not mention 
its size. The figure bears some resemblance to 
the Lemur tardigradus, but is represented with a 
tail of some length. 
WOOLLY. 
Lemur Mongoz. L. caudatus griseo-fusais , cauda unicolore. 
Long-tailed grey-brown Lemur, with tail of a similar colour 
Lemur Mongoz. L. caudatus gnseusy cauda unicolore. Lin. Syst, 
Nat. p. 44. 
Mongous. Buff. l$.p. 198.//. 26. and suppl. J. p. 1 18.//, 32. 
Mongooz. Ediv. pi. 2i6. 
Woolly Macauco. Pennant ^adr. Buff. l. p. 229. 
This species is about the si^e of a cat, and 
is of an uniform dusky-brown-colour, with the 
breast and belly white or whitish. The tail is very 
long and thickly covered with fur: the whole ani- 
mal is also covered with thick, soft, wavy or curl- 
ing fur. The eyes are of a bright orange-colour ; 
and are surrounded by a circle of black, which 
descends to some little distance down the nose; 
the remainder, with the cheeks, being white : the 
