LITTLE ANT-EATER. 
to ash-colour. The hair is every where nearly 
of the same length, even down to the claws. 
The inside of the tail, towards it^s tip, is with- 
out hair, and seems naturally to curl down- 
wards: *' which,'* says Edwards, *' inclines 
me to believe, that it can suspend itself by the 
tail on boughs of trees.'' This idea has been 
confirmed by subsequent observation. 
*' AVhat is most extraordinary in this ani- 
mal," remarks Eav/ards, '* is it's having only 
two claws on each of it's fore feet ;- or, as some 
authors call them, hands. The fingers, or 
toes, from which tlicse claws or nails arise, 
liave no visible division : the outer claw on 
each hand is remarkably large, and the inner 
very small in proportion to it. The hinder 
feet have each of them four claws, pretry 
nearly of an eipial bigness. Bo^h feet and 
hands have something remarkable in their 
stru^^ure: havinor nothinp- in form of a thumb, 
or great toe, as many quadrupeds have; but, 
instead thereof, it hath thick, round, callous 
Iiccls, on all it's feet, between which and it's 
claws the feet :ire Iiollow; so that it seems ca- 
pable of gra'^pir.g small branches of trees bc- 
