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fhortned. And we raay obferve on ^Ach fire roof thtre is 
a Pollux or Thumb fet at a diftance f c the range of the 
other L7^iPA_wh-ereby they more reft : v;^ aod on 
the hinder beet there are only 4 Dig/^^ vvia.ont a Thumb. 
We come next 'to thofe Animals that have only two 
Feet forrO'^d li.tce tlands^ and thofe are either the Fore- 
feet^ or the hnnder. 
Vnok w'miQ Pore-feet only are formed like Hands^-. 
have either a Thumb, tliQvt^ as the Mantegar^ ^c. or 
have only four Fingers^ without a Thumb '^ as the Cududu^ 
The Mantegdr is an Animal not defcribed as I know of 
by any Author, an^ theftraogeft that ! have feeOc It is 
about the bignefi of a MaftifF Dog ^ it roealhred from tjbc 
end of its Ni^fe to thQ Anus g foot 2 inches:^ the Girth 
oi the Body z foot 2 inches 5 the flead 14 inches long ; 
the Forehe.jd 5 Inches broad 3 the Fe^^:/ fome what refem^' 
blingan Horie'ss the Nofirils larger tht Nofe of a deep- 
Cinnabar Colour, and iht Bones oithQ Nofe deprefled low- 
er than thofe of ihQZJpper Jam^ where, the SI{in was of 
an Azure blew Colour ^ a large Tuft of Hair on the Fore- * 
head and likewife under the Chin 5 the forepart of the 
Body and infide of the Arras and Legs alraoft bare of hair, 
the Hair on the outficte of them, of-a mottle brown and 
Olive colour 5 on the' Back blackiih : There were Ma;:^/^^ 
on the Breaft^ an TJmhlicus''^ and the Fr^putium without 
a Fr£)mm^ as in the J/^ekind, the Pr<tputmm of ^VermiU 
lion Colour^ the Scrotum of an A%ure 5 it had no Tail^^ 
'tis very fierce, having 2' long Tus\s in the Upper Jaw, and 
very lafcivious^ the F^^re-fict perfeftiy relcmble Hands^ 
having long and th'^ck }i,2gers^ and a Thui/ih^ and nil the 
Nails of thofe Fingers fiati, the Nails on the 'hinder Toes 
and Fingers iwbri^dtcd^ not flat ^ and tho the cUriys 
were pretty- long, and fomevvhat irnitsiing Fingers, yet 
the T£//^^ not fo pc::rfe '1:, nnd rrie whole different: froni 
the Fore feet. When fitting and fupporting its felf by a 
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