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fickly of all I have feen. Mr. Hyde’s, 
when I faw it, alfo wanted vigour, and a 
fullnefs of furr natural to it. 1 afterwards 
met with two or three that appeared quite 
other things, they being very healthy and 
full of furr. That, from which I drew 
my figure, was the property of the good 
and very obliging Mrs. Kennon, formerly 
midwife to the Royal Family, who informed 
me, that it fed on feveral forts of things, 
as bifcuits, fruits, greens, infedls, fnails, 
&c. and that once, when let loofe, it fud- 
denly fnatched a Chinefe gold-fifh out of 
a bafon of water, which it killed, and 
greedily devoured 3 after which fhe gave him 
fmall live eels, which frighted him at firft 
by their twilling round his neck, but he 
foon maflered them, and eat them. I faw 
a fine one of this kind at Mr. John Cook’s, 
Merchant, in London. Mr. Cook had 
formerly refided at Lifbon, where his lady, 
for her amufement, tried to breed the 
Sanglin, as they called this little creature 3 
and fucceeded fo well as to produce young 
ones, the climate being proper for it : the 
young were very ugly at their birth, 
having little or no furr on them : they 
cling or Hick very fall to the breads of their 
dam 3 when they grow a little bigger, 
they hang to her back or fhoulders, who, 
when fhe is tired of them, will rub them 
off again ft the wall, or any thing elfe in her 
way 3 when file has quitted them, the male 
immediately takes the care of them, and 
fuffers them to hang on his back for a while, 
to eafe the female. 
7 ) 
publication du Jien . My Lord Ring/lon en 
avoit un , qui etoit languiftant , et le plus pe- 
tit que j aye vu. Mr. Hyde en avoit un au- 
tre, qui manquoit aujji de vigueur , quand je 
l ai vu, et de cette plenitude de fourrure , qui 
eft naturelle d cet animal . Mais~ depuis ce 
temps-ld j en ai rencontre deux ou trois , qui 
etoient tout autre chofe, etant pleins de fante, 
et ay ant le poll fort epais . Celui fur lequel 
f ai travaille appartenoit d /' oblige ante Ma- 
dame Kennon , fage femme de la Princeffe de 
Gales . Pile me dit quil fe nourrijfoit de 
plufteurs chofesj comme bifcuits, fruits, le- 
gumes, infedles, limapns, &c. et qu'un jour 
etant dechaine , il fe jetta fur une dorade de 
la Chine, qui etoit dans unbaftin plein d'eau , 
la tua , et la devora avi dement. Elle lui 
domia enfulte de petites anguilles, qui I'eftray- 
erent d'abord en / entortillant autour de fon 
cou, mais bientot il s en rendit maitre et les 
mange a . ft en ai vu un tresbeau chez Mr. 
Cook, marchand, d Londres . Ce negociant 
avoit demeure d Lt jbonne, oil fon epouje avoit 
eft aye, pour fe diver tir, d’ avoir de la race 
du Sanglin , car c eft le nom qu Us donnoient 
d ce petit animal, et elle reuftit au point d' en 
avoir des petits, le climat y etant favorable. 
Ils etoient dabord fort laids , n ay ant prefque 
point de poil fur le corps 3 ils s attachent 
fortement aux tettes de leur mere 3 quand ils 
font devenus un peu plus grands, ils fe cram- 
ponnent fur fon dos, ou fur Jes epaules ; et 
quand elle eft lafte de les porter , elle s en de- 
bar raft'e en fe frottant contre une muraille, 
ou contre ce qu elle trouve dans fon chemin : 
quand elle les a quittesje male enprend foin fur 
le champ , et les laifte grimper fur fon dos , pour 
foulager la femelle. 
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