110 LONG-FINGERED LEMUR. 
dish cast: the black prevails on the feet, which 
are covered with short hairs of that colour: the 
head is sliaped like that of a Squirrel; and there 
are two cutting teeth in front of each jaw : the ears 
are large, round, and naked, resembhng those of 
a bat, and of a black colour. The feet are long, 
and somewhat resemble those of the Tarsier : the 
. thumbs or interior toes of the hind feet are short, 
and furnished with flat, round nails, as in the Ma- 
caucos; but the principal character of the animal 
consists in the extraordinary structure of the fore 
feet, which have the two middle toes of an un- 
common length, most extremely thin, and per- 
fectly naked, except at their base : all the claws 
on the fore feet are sharp and crooked. It is a 
timid animal ; and can scarce see distinctly by day, 
and its eyes, which are of an ochre colour^ resemble 
those of an owl. It is extremely slow, and of a 
mild disposition: those which v/ere kept by Mr. 
Sonnerat slept almost continually, and were scarce 
to be awakened but by shaking two or three times : 
they lived about two months, during which time 
they had no other nourishment but boiled rice, 
which they took up with their long fore toes, in 
the manner that the Chinese use their eating- 
sticks. During the whole time that these animals 
were kept by Mr. Sonnerat, he never observed 
them to set up the tail in the manner of a 
Squirrel, but always to carry it trailing at length. 
The figure in the supplemental volume of BufFon 
is wrong in this respect; as well as in not ex- 
