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OENUS car prunes. 
hranrhfs of ihe trees, ^Kei'kirifj unfely from ihe nu- 
nifs-ouA i-amivonmij anlm»U whkh Imtit tlicir prey 
daring' niglit, and drlight in ihe vnrieU ^ama of tUv&e 
wilds, Diiniig day tliey ^kulk alwut ilie Inn*^ her- 
bnj^e, and f ven uben astiiiileil by men, allow iliem- 
Rflves io l>e kilU'<l wiili ^licka, nitlier thnn ex^n ilieir 
littlt! poiviTS of fligtiU TIh wiu|r!i aiid tail are huth 
nhfirt and without power, llie latter almost wanting; 
titit tlieir feet aru more fitted t'ur ruatiing in iUts 
imrnhy grounds^ and ihv diidncutnbrance of th<^ tail 
enables tbeni to threart an emy passage llirough a 
tanglod kcrbage* The next Plate represenu 
