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u Under its fcale come out two or three hairs like 
“ hog’s bridles. On its fore-claws are five drong 
“ long nails, on the hind-claws but four. When pur- 
“ fued, it rolls itfelf fo together, that nothing but the 
<{ back and tail are to be feen. It could not be 
“ killed, though (truck with wooden poles armed 
“ with iron, with which rice is damped ; but the 
«* blows on the fcales brought forth fparks of fire 
“ from the iron. It was at lad killed by a droke 
“ under the belly with an iron hook. What is re- 
“ markable of this little animal is, that it is able to 
<{ kill an elephant, by twiding itfelf about that 
** large animal's trunk, and fqueezing it with its 
“ body and tail (on the fides of which are rows of 
“ pointed fcales) fo long, that it kills the elephant. 
“ This animal is feldom feen, except in large 
“ valleys.” 
Thus far the account from the reverend miffionary 
Dame, who has likewife given us the prefent figure 
Tab. II. ; the animal, from which it is taken, is di- 
dinguifhed by the number of the toes, from the 
hitherto known fpecies: of thefe there are two, one of 
them covered with hair, the other with fcales. The 
fird is called by Linnaeus Myrmecophaga, and the 
other Manis. Linnaeus, in his 12th edition of the Syl- 
tem of Nature, has but two forts of the latter lpecies ; 
the fird has five toes (Manis pentada&yla) the other 
four (Manis tetradadtyla) on both hind and fore 
feet. Between thefe two forts, the prefent Alungu is 
to be placed, having from the fird the fore-feet and 
from the latter the hind-feet. This animal belongs 
therefore to the family of ant-eaters, which have no 
teeth. 
