1.6NG-TAILED MAKIS. 
all animals, without excepting the Porcupine, 
the armour of the Manls is the most otFensive. 
When these animals contraft their bodies, 
and present their armour, rhey brave the fury 
of all their enemies. Besides, when rolled up, 
these animals assume not, like the Hedgehog, 
a globular figure : their body, in contradling, 
takes the form of a clue ; but their long thick 
tail remains without, and serves as a ring or 
belt to the bodv. This exterior part, by 
which it would appear the animal might be 
seized, defends itself ; for it is furnished, both 
above and below, with scales as hard and 
sharp as those which cover the body ; and, as 
it is convex above, and flat below, and has 
nearly the figure of a half pyramid, the an- 
gular sides are covered with sharp pointed 
scales : so that the tail seems to be still more 
carefully defended than the body, the inferior 
parts of which have no scales. The Pangolin, 
when full grown, is from six to c'ght feet 
long, including the tail, which is nearly the 
length of the body, but appears to be propor- 
tionably shorter while the animal is voung. 
The scales are also smaller and thinner, and 
of a paler colour ; but, in th.e adult animal, 
their 
