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MEMOIR OF 
hoth brought up in tlie Parisian irhool of the Gar- 
fjfn of Plants, and to tlieir discoverieft, aftrr the ter- 
mination of their atj^reeirienl wiUi Sir Staniftml, w© 
are indebted for neveral new and curious produrttonsi. 
Kearly at tins jierimj, Sir Staniford'a discoveries in 
Zotilo^'^ were pubUslied in thu IVanaactionH of the 
Ltnnean Soeiety ; among these may ha mentioned 
the Ursua Malayanua, forming the Genus Helarctos 
of Horsfield ; the FeHs macrocelis, or Uiraau dahan ; 
the Viverra gymnura, whieh Messrs Vigors atid tiers- 
field afterwards deilicatetl to its discoTerer under the 
title of Gymnura Kafflesii; several "very interesting 
quiidrumanous animals, and the Indian Tapir. Id 
tracing out ihei^e animaU, ^reai dillieulty often arose; 
they inhabited the interior, and the first indication of 
lUeoi waa perhaps Bome rude hint or native descrip- 
tion ; thus, Sir Stamford was of opinion that another 
lartje tapir- looking animal inhabited the forests, with a 
narrow riband of white round the back and belly ; 
the description was simply, that the band is narrow^ 
head truncated, the tail long ; and they had to be 
Bougiit for and obtained in districts, tittle, if ever, 
visited, and where there was often a superstitions 
dread, which no persuasion or temptation could over- 
come. Among the l arer birds, we are also indebted 
to these researdies for Enrylaraus, Calyptomena, 
&c. All these were proposed to have been illus- 
trated in a work entitled Museum Rafflesianum, but 
which we fear haa not reached a atep farther tbun 
ts contemplatioo. 
