i^7^ TRAVELS IN 
approaching to grey. In my defcrlption of the 
quadrupeds of Africa, I fliall give a reprefenta- 
tion of this pretty little animal. 
The fecond quadruped, whicli at that time 
was totally unknown to me, was a fpecies of 
'Dive7-ra\ at leafl: fo .1 judged it to be. My 
Hottentots of the colony ail recognized it as 
a muys-hond (moufe-dog), a general name 
among the inhabitants of the Cape for all the 
little carnivorous quadrupeds. They alfo 
allured me, that it was very common in many 
places in the colony ; yet I do not recoiled: 
that I ever m<zl with it there. Its body was 
the frze of that of a kitten fix months old : it 
had a very large nofe, the upper jaw exceed- 
ing the lower near two thirds of an inch in 
length, and foniiing a fort of moveable fnout, 
lefembiing that of the coati of Guiana. The 
fore feet were armed with four large claws, 
very fharp and curved ; the hind ones have 
each five, but they are fhort and blunt. All 
the fcr on the upper part of the body is 
marked with crofs bands of a deep brown co- 
lour, on a ground of light brown with which 
m.any white hairs are intermixed. The lower 
part of the body and infides of the legs are of 
a red- 
