or acAonopEOs. 
75 
SLOTH. 
These animals have neither incisive nor 
canine teeth ; their eyes arc dull and heavy ; 
their mouths wide and thick ; their fur coarse 
and staring, like dried grass; their legs are 
very short, and badly shaped ; they have 
no soles on the feet, nor toes separately 
moveable, but only two or three claws, ex- 
cessively long and crooked. Destitute of 
teeth, they cannot seize any prey, nor feed 
upon llcsh, but are reduced to feed upon 
leaves and wild fruits. They lake up a long 
time in crawling to a tree, and are still longer 
in climbing up to the brunches. During this 
slow and painful labour, which sometimes 
lasts many days, they are obliged to stiller 
the most pressing hunger. When, at length, 
»• has accomplished its end, it fastens itself 
to the tree, crawls from branch to branch, 
and, by degrees, strips the whole tree of 
its foliage. 
