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Stow LEMUR, 
to been able to obtain any things except mere 
description. 
Stow lebiur. 
The slow lemur is about the size of a small 
cat. Its body is of an elegant pale brown, or 
mouse colour. The face is flattish, and the nose 
somewhat sharpened. The eyes are extremely 
prominent ; they are surrounded with a circle 
of dark brown, and a stripe of the same colour 
runs down the middle of the back. 
This animal is found in the island of Ceylon, 
and in various parts of the East Indies. 
It is very slow in its motions, and, from this 
circumstance, has actually been ranked by some 
naturalists among the sloths, though in no other 
respect resembling them. It is a nocturnal ani- 
mal, and sleeps, or at least lies motionless, during 
the greatest part of the day. In captivity it will 
feed on boiled rice, small birds, or insects. Its 
odour is said to be disagreeable. 
The late learned and accomplished sir William 
Jones has given a pleasing general description of 
this little creature, in the fourth volume of the 
Asiatic reseaches ; and as it is always interesting 
to observe the habits of an animal, even in a do^ 
mestic state, in its native country, I shall insert 
an extract from his curious paper. 
In his manners he was for the most part gentle, 
except in the cold season, when his temper seemed 
wholly changed ; and his Creator, who made him 
so sensible of cold, to which he must often have 
been exposed even in his native forests, gave him, 
probably for that reason, his thick fur, which we 
rarely see on animals in these tropical climates. 
To me, who not only constantly fed him, but 
