LONG-TAILED MANIS. 
their colour becomes deeper, and rliey acquire 
such a degree of hardness as to resist a musket- 
ball. The Phatagin is much less than the 
Pangolin. Botli of them have some relation 
to the Great and Middle Ant -Eaters : for they 
feed on Ants; have very long tongues; a 
narrow mouth, without any apparent teeth ; 
very long bodies and tails ; feet and toes nearly 
of the same size and figure, though different 
'in number, both species of Manis having five 
toes to each foot, while the Ant-Eaters have 
only four on tlie fore-fcet. The latter are 
covered with hair, and the former with scales ; 
neither are they natives of the same continent. 
The Ant-Eaters are found only in America, 
and the two species of Manis in the East In- 
dies and Africa. Thev are called Quogelo, 
by the Negroes, who eat the flesh of these 
animals, wliich they reckon delicate and 
wholesome. They use the scales for several 
purposes. In short, these creatures have no- 
thing disgusting about them but their figure. 
They ars gentle and innocent, feeding only 
on insedls. Tliey run slowly ; and cannot 
escape from a man, otherwise thaa by con- 
cealing themselves in holes of rocks, or in 
those 
