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cate itself even from a dead adversary. It; 
sleeps in the day> and preys by night." 
He adds — " The following history of this 
animal is given in Dillon's Travels through 
Spain, in his accouat of the Royal Cabinet of 
A'atural History at , Madrid. " The Great 
" Ant- Bear from Buenos Ayres, the Myrme- 
*' cophaga j ubata of Linnaeus, called by the 
*' Spaniards Osa Palmera, was alive at Madrid 
in 1776, and is now sturFed and preserved in 
this cabinet. The people who brought it 
*' from Buciios Ayres, say that it differs irora 
what they there call the Ant- Eater ; which 
only feeds on Emmets, and other insects: 
whereas this would eat -ilesh, when cut in 
*' small pieces, to the amount of four or five 
" pounds. From tlie snout, to the extremity 
of the tail, this arjimai is two yards in 
ler.:2.th ; ar.d it's heigiit is about ' two feet 
The head is very narrow ; the nose long 
and slender. The tongue is so singular, 
*• ih.at it Icokr, more like a worm, and extends 
a':o7C sixtcc'i i.^chcs. Hie bedv is covered 
vviih longhair, of a dark bro\^-n colour, with 
