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LORIS AND WOOLLY LEMUR. 
attached to his master, who always used to caress 
him after feeding. His return of affection consisted 
in taking the end of M. D’Obsonville’s fingers, 
pressing them, and at the same time fixing his half 
opened eyes on those of his master. 
Loris. 
This lemur has a long dog-like visage, high 
forehead, ears large, thin, ana rounded ; a body 
slender and weak ; its limbs very long and slender ; 
on the interior toe of every foot, a crooked claw, 
and flat nails on the rest ; the thumb on each foot 
separate, and distinct from the toes ; it has no tail 
any more than the former ; the hair on its body is 
universally short, and delicately soft ; on the upper 
parts tawny, beneath whitish ; on its head there is 
a dart-shaped spot, with the end pointing to the 
interval between its eyes, which are surrounded 
with a dusky space. 
The length of the animal, measured from the 
tip of the nose, is only eight inches ; it differs 
totally in form and in nature from the preceding, 
though Buffon seems to confound the two species 
in his description of the loris. This is very active, 
ascends trees most nimbly, and has the actions of 
an ape. If we may credit Seba, the male climbs 
the trees, and tastes the fruits before it presents 
them to its mate. 
Woolly lemur, or mongous. 
This creature, of the size of a cat, has its eyes 
lodged in a circle of black, and the space between 
them of the same colour ; the irides of its eyes of 
an orange colour ; short round ears ; the end of 
the nose black ; the rest of the nose, and the 
lower sides of its cheeks, white. ■ When in full 
