FENNEC; OR, ZERDA. 
part was bare, and of a pink or rose-coloi 
They were about an inch and a half bro 
and the cavities within very large. It w 
very difficult to measure these : for he was ve 
impatient at having his ears touched ; and a 
v/ays kept them ere6t, unless when terrified 
a Cat. The pupil of his eye was large ai 
black, surrounded by a deep blue iris. He ha 
strong, thick mustachoes ; the tip of his no 
very sharp, black, and polished. His uppe 
jaw reached heyond the lower, and had foi 
grinders on each side of the mouth. It h 
■Ax fore-teeth ip each jaw. Those in th 
under jav/ are smaller than the upper Th 
canine or cutting teeth are long, large, an 
exceedingly pointed. His legs are small 
and his feet very broad: he has four toes: 
armed with crooked, black, sharp claws ; thos 
on his fore-feet more crooked and sharp thai 
behind. All his body is nearly of a dirty white 
bordering on cream-colour: the hair of hi 
belly rather whiter, softer, and longer, thai 
the rest; and, on it, a number of paps, but he 
was so impatient it was impossible to count 
them. He very seldom extended or stiffened 
his tail, the hair of which was harder. He 
had a very sly and wilv appearance." 
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