so 
MADAM “ SCALES.” 
I doubt not Professor Owen would have lain prone 
on liis stomach all the livelong night to watch the 
evolutions of this gnome-like mountaineer, in whose 
aspect, as she prowled about at night, there was some- 
thing old-world and weird-like. The Scotch would 
say she had an “ uncanny ” look ; and truly, if but 
ten times bigger, she would have immistakeably re- 
minded one of the times before the Deluge. When 
she walked, she trod gingerly on the bent under 
claws of her fore feet, and more firmly on the palms 
of her hind feet. A very favourite attitude with her 
Avas that assumed by her gigantic extinct analogue, 
the ^lylodon, as seen in the Avondrous model of 
AVaterhouse Hawkins in the gardens of the Crystal 
Palace. The fore-feet in my '' Afadam Scales ” AA^ere 
raised ; and the animal was supported by the strong 
hind limbs, and the firm, flattened, poAverful muscu- 
lar tail, the head and body being at the same time 
moved from side to side, and the little round 
prominent eyes peering cautiously about in cA^ery 
direction. In Avalking, the fouidh toe of the hind 
foot Avas also extended. The Chinese, in their sly 
