SLOTH. 
eves. The feet are covered with a bare red 
skin, and have each of them three very strong 
white nails or clav/s, pretty long, and mode- 
rately bent. The feet are flattish ; not divided 
into toes, but the nails arise immediately from 
the undivided feet. The arms, or fore legs, 
are longer than the hinder. Whether it had 
nipples on the breasts, like the Monkey, the 
thickness of the fur, and dryness of the skin, 
hindered me from discovering. It is covered 
all over with a thick, coarse hair, of a dark 
brown colour ; which appeared split andbroken, 
like weather-beaten hemp, and seemed to have 
been long under the force of tlic sun, winds, 
and rain. This animal was brought from 
Honduras, in America; and, I believe, Is found 
all over those parts of South America that arc 
not manv degrees distant from the cquIno(5\ial 
line. It was the property of the late Lord 
Peter. Tlie first author I can find, at present, 
who has mentioned this animal, is Gcsner; 
who has given a figure of it, pcrfciSi:ly like a 
Bear with a human head. The next is Chi- 
sius ; who has given a better figure of it, 
which he calls Ignavus. Nicrcmberg has co- 
pied the figures both of Gcsner and Clusius, 
and 
