MONGOOZ. 
like that of a fox, and is wholly covered with 
hair. The eyes are black; with orange- 
coloured irid-es, or circles round the eyes. The 
hair is black; and joins between the eyes, 
tending downward in a point toward the 
nose, which is also black : but there is a space 
between the eyes and nose purely white,, 
which reaches under the eyes, on the side of 
the head. The upper part of the head, neck, 
back, tail, and limbs, is of^a dark brownish 
ash-colour^ the hair being something woolly. 
The underside of the body is white. The paws 
are made like those of monkies, with fiat 
nails ; except the second toes of the hinder 
feet, which have each of them a sharp-pointed 
claw. All the paws are covered with short 
hair of a light ash-colour. The tail is long^ 
The hair is pretty tliick and soft; and appears 
to have a mixture of lighter and darker parts 
all over the body. It's adiions were like those 
of a monkey." 
This Mongooz was drawn from life, in 
n52; and the lady to whom she belonged, 
informed Mr. Edwards, that she fed on fruits, 
herbs, and almost any thing, even living fishes. 
She 
