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This is fo furprifmg a Stmdme, that all Zoographeji 
do mention it with the greateft Admiration,* and yet 
their Curiofity has not been fo great, but fevera! Mi- 
ftakes they have been guilty of, in the Accounts they 
have given about it. 
Mirum autem Animal ((aith Margrave (a ) ?iam in in* 
fimoyentre prope Crura pofteriora Fe/Iis ejus dupla ejl^ & 
exterior rima duos & femis digit os longa^ f<^(^ifq; q'^dfi 
Burfam^ quern Brafiliani vocant^ Tamheio^ Pomi Aurantii 
majeris capacern, EJl autem Burfa hose intus Filofa, All 
of this, \ thiok, is yery juft and true : For at the Place 
he oieritions, we obferved an Aperture, or 5///, much of 
the Largeoefs he defcribes, where there is of each Side, 
a Reduplication of the Skin inwards, which forms a Bag 
of the Capacity he mentions, and of a greater upon Oc- 
cafion, and Hairy too. But thefe Hairs here are fo thin- , 
ly fer, that by no means they cover it, but almoft eve- 
ry where you may obferve the Skin. 
Gul. Pifo (i) has much the fame Defcription, but calls 
this Burfa^ Mantica. Cardan (x) calls it Cnmena, Ovi- 
edo (k) calls it Ventrale Marfupium. By Joh. de Laet 
'tis ftiled, Afcus juh Ventre penddus By Fr. Xme* 
nez, or his Tranflator (^aa) Pelliceus Saccus, By Jul C^f 
Scaliger (r); Scortum juhventrale. %f Peter Martyr (w\ 
Vterus Exterior. By Hieron, Benzon. (jy), Venter alter. 
By Captain John Smith (n) 'tis called a Bag. The 
Name we fhall ufe for it, will be , the Marfupiur/^ or 
Touch, / 
Herein all agree, that- the ufe of this Bag^ Pouchy or 
Marfupium^ is for the Prefervaticn of the Young Ones, 
and fecuring them upon any Occafion of Danger : Qua^ 
{x.) Joh. de Laet. defcripf. Indiae Occident. llb» 15. cap. 5. ^ 5$r. 
{aa) vide Joh. de Uct. ibid, lib, 5. ca^, 4. Jj. 232. • ' 
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