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absolutely helpless on the ground, not being capable of 
walking on the bottom of the foot. 
Waterton says that, in climbing, the ai {Bradypus tri- 
Fig. 288. — Pangolin {Manis longicaudata) robbing white-ant nests. 
dadylus^ Fig. 287) uses its legs alternately; that its hair 
^^is thick and coarse at the extremity and gradually tapers 
to the root where it becomes fine as a spider's web. His 
Fig. 289.— Dasi/pws tricinctus. From Liitken's Zoology. 
fur has so much the hue of the moss which grows on the 
branches of the trees, that it is very difficult to make him 
out when he is at rest." 
