148 A ' VOYAGE TO 
c IT A p.tliofe on the body, from thence to the end with lone 
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K — ^ ; Q.-ies i^ot unhke that of a fqiiirrel. The fpecimen from 
which the above account was taken, is a female, and 
has fix teats placed in a circle, within the pouch. 
Another animal of the opolTum kind has been fent 
alive to the Rev. Dr. Hamilton, Redor of St. Martin's, 
Weftminfler, and is now living in the poffeffion of Mr. 
J. Hunter. It appears to be of the fame fort as that 
mentioned in Captain Cook's firfl: voyage,-'''- and that alfo 
which was found near Adventure Bay, reprefented in 
the eighth plate of Captain Cook's third voyage, and 
flightly defcribed in Vol. I. p. 109 of that work : but 
it muft be owned, that neither its form nor chara(5ler is 
very well exprelTed in that plate. 
The countenance of this animal much refembles that 
of a ,fox, but its manners approach more nearly to thofe 
of the fquirrel. When difpofed to fleep, or to remain 
inadlive, it coils itfeif up into a round form ; but v/hen 
eating, or on the watch for any purpofe, fits up, throw- 
ing its tail behind it. In this polfure it ufes its fore feet 
to hold any thing, and to feed itfeif. When irritated, 
it fits fiill more ere6l on the hind legs, or throv/s itfeif 
upon its back, making a loud and harfii noife. It feeds 
only on vegetable fubflances. 
■ • . : * Hawkefw. vcl. iii, p. 182.'' 
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