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living fillies ; and that it had a great mind lui prefentoit , mime de poiffbns vivants , et 
to catch the birds in her cages. Since I qitil avoit grande envie d attraper les oi- 
drew the above-defcribed, I have feen feaux , qui etoient dam des cages . Depuis 
others of this genus ; one faid to be ce temps-ld fen ai vu d autre s de la meme 
brought from the Eaft-Indies, of the fize forte , entrautres an, qu on difoit avoir ete 
of a large houfe-cat, having its face and apporte des bides Orientates j it etoit auffi 
paws wholly black, its eyes like the above- grand quun de nos gros chats domeffiques , 
defcribed, and all the reft of the furr of ay ant Jon long vifage et fes pates toutes noires , 
a dark-brown. I faw alfo, at St. Bartho- les yeux comme ceux quon a decrits cy-defus , 
lomew Fair, London, A. D. 1753, three et tout le refie de fa robe dun brun pence. 
or four of thefe animals, all pretty nearly J* ai vu auffi d la foire de la S. Barthelemi 
of the fize of houfe-cats, agreeing in their a Londres , en 1753, trots ou quatre de 
fhape one with the other, and differing ces animaux , tons grands d peu pres com - 
chiefly in colour. One of them had the me des chats domefliques , faits les uns comme 
tail more bufhy than any I had feen, and les autres , et differ ant principalement par 
of a pretty equal thicknefs its whole length, la couleur . II y en avoit un qui avoit la 
queue plus touffue , qu aucun que j’euffe en- 
core vu, et prefque de la meme groffeur d' un 
bout a l autre. 
CHAP. VII. P L A. 217. 
*The BlIck Maucauco. 
HIS beaft is of the fize of the fmaller 
fort of houfe-cat : it is a very foci- 
able, gentle, harmlefs-natured animal, not 
having the cunning mifehievoufnefs or ma- 
lice of the monkey kind. The print was 
fketched on the plate from the living ani- 
mal. It is a native of Madagafcar. 
The head is ftiaped like that of a fox, 
having a fharp fnout.: the eyes are of a 
bright reddifh-yellow or orange colour, 
with black pupils : the ears are rounded at 
their tips, and pretty much obfeured by 
long hair that grows on their borders ; the 
fame long hair is continued on the tides 
of the head or face above and below the 
ears, and has the appearance of a fhagged 
ruff round the face. It has fix feraping 
Le Maucauco Noir, 
ETT E bete eft de la faille d ' un chat 
domeftique de la plus petite efpece. C eft 
un animal dun naturel foci able, doux et 
pacifique , qui n d rien de la rife ni de la 
malice du Jinge . Celui fur lequel cette em- 
preinte a ete deffinee etoit vivant, et venoit 
de Madagafcar. 
La tete de cet animal eft faite comme celle 
dun renard, ay ant un mufeau pointu : fes 
yeux font d un orange vif tirant fur le rou- 
ge, avec des prunelles noires : fes or ei lies font 
rondes vers le haut, et ombragees de longs 
polls, qui croiffent fur les bords ; ces mimes 
polls fe continuent le long des cotes de la tete 
ou de la face , tant audeffus qu au deffbus 
des oreilles , et paroiffent comme une fraife 
velue autour du vijage. 11 a fix dents en 
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