MLTSK BEAVER. 
thick blunt nose; short ears, ahniost hid in the 
far; large eyes; toes separated, and those be- 
hind fringed with strong hairs closely set to- 
gether; the tail compressed sideways, very thin 
at the edges, and covered with small scales, in- 
termixed with a few hairs the head and body 
a reddish brown colour, and the breast and 
belly, ash-coloured, tinged with red ; and the 
whole form of the body exactly resembling 
that of a Beaver. We, therefore, incline wdth 
him, and with Linnaeus, to class it with the 
Beavers, rather than with the Rats ; notwith- 
standing the greater part of modern naturalists, 
it must be confessed, with some shew of reason^ 
appear to entertain a different opinion. 
