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inches and three eighths. These were doubled, 
or had a plait on the bottom on the outside ; the 
borders of his ears in the inside were thick covered 
with soft white hair^ but the middle part was 
bare, and of a pink or rose colour They were 
about an inch and half broad, and the cavities 
within were very large. It was very difficult to 
measure these, for he Avas very impatient at hav- 
ing his ears touched, and always kept them erect, 
unless when terrified by a Cat. The pupil of the 
eye was large and black, surrounded by a deep 
blue iris. He had strong, thick mustaches ; the 
tip of his nose very sharp, black, and polished. 
His upper jaw reached beyond the lower, and had 
four grinders on each side of the mouth. It had 
six fore-teeth in each jaw: those in the under jaw 
are smaller than the upper : the canine-teeth are 
long, large, and exceedingly pointed: his legs 
are small, and his feet very broad; he has four 
toes armed with crooked, black sharp claws; 
those on his fore feet more crooked and sharp 
than behind. All his body is nearly of a dirty 
white, bordering on cream-colour; the hair of his 
belly rather whiter, softer, and longer than the 
rest, and on it a number of paps, but he was so 
impatient it was impossible to count them. He 
very seldom extended or stiffened his tail, the 
hair of which Avas harder. He had a very sly 
and wily appearance. But as he is a solitary 
animal, and not gregarious, as he has no par- 
ticular mark of feelings about him, no shift or 
particular cunning which might occasion Solo- 
