AFRICAN COAST-PvAT. 
IT visible. The front-test!i are very large : 
upper pair which are furrowed length- 
vays, are the third of an inch long; and tlse 
ower pair, whicii extend to t;ie length of an 
rich and a quarter, are r akcd^ and stand natu- 
■ally exposed to view, the i!p not closing over 
hem. These lower tcetii the animal is s.iid 
o have the power of separdring, or divari- 
:at'ng, at pleasure, in the same manner as the 
Kangaroo. Ihe legs are short: and, on the 
fore-feet, there are five toes, the interior of 
which is the longest, arid the others gradually- 
shorter. The claws are very long, sharp, 
and slightly bent; that on tiie thumb being 
shorter than the others. The soles are naked, 
and distinguished by two great tubercles. The 
hind-feet, on which the animal rests, even to 
the heel, are very long, large, and naked, 
-Thev have five toes, with shorter claws than 
those of the fore-feet. The hair on the sides of 
the feet is very strong and bristly. The tail 
is flattened: and covered, on it's upper and un- 
der .Mjrfaces, with short hair; but fringed, at 
the ed.-^es, with very long brisdes, horizonially 
disposed. 
It 
