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not determine with any degree of certainty. When 
in my possession, he ate bread aod milk, and seem- 
ed to be rather a moderate than voracious feeder, 
I suppose he lives on grain* fruits, and roots. He 
seemed too timid and backward in his own nature 
to feed upon living food* or catch it by hunting. 
The total length of this animal* as he sits, 
From the point of his nose to the extremity of his 
body* is seventeen inches and a quarter. The 
length of his snout from the extremity of the nose 
to the occiput is three inches aod three eighths. 
His upper jaw is longer than his under; his nose 
stretches half an inch beyond his chin. The aper- 
ture of. the mouth when he keeps it close* in pro- 
file* is -little more than an inch. The circum- 
ference of his snout around both his jaws* is 
three inches and three eighths, aod around his 
head just above his ears eight inches and five 
eighths ; the circumference of his neck is eight 
inches aod a half* and its length, one inch and 
a half. He seems more willing to turn his 
body altogether than his oeck alone. The cir« 
comferenee of his body measured behind his 
fore legs is nine inches and three quarters* and 
that of his body* where greatest* eleven inches 
and three eighths ; the length of his fore leg and 
toe is three inches and a half. The length of his 
Mod thigh is three inches and one eighth* and the 
length of his hind leg to the toe taken together 
is two feet two inches ; the length of the fore foot 
is one inch and three eighths ; the length of the 
middle toe is six lines* and its breadth six lines 
also. The distance between the point of the nose 
and the first coiner of the eye is one inch and five 
eighths ! the length of his eye from one angle to 
the other four lines. The difference from the fore 
angle of his eye* to the root of his ear, is one inch 
mnd three lines* and the opening of his eye two 
