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length of the body, is marked, as before observed, 
with regular rings of black and white ; when 
the animal sits, it is twisted round its body, and 
brought over its head ; its nails are flat, particu- 
larly those of the thumbs of the hind feet ; the 
inside parts of the hands and feet are black. In 
addition to its other agreeable qualities, it is a 
very cleanly creature. 
Ruffed lemur, or vari. 
In this creature, the irides of the eyes are of 
a deep orange colour ; it has long hair round 
the sides of the head, standing out like a rufi^ 
from which it has obtained its name ; the colour 
of the whole animal is black ; but not always, 
being sometimes found white spotted with black * 
hut having always black feet ; it is rather larger 
than the last species ; it is very fierce in a wild 
state, and makes so violent a noise in the woods, 
that it is easy to mistake the noise of two for that 
of an hundred ; some have compared the noise 
it makes, to the roaring of a little lion. When 
taken young and tamed, they are very gentle and 
good natured ; their hind legs and thighs, like 
those of the two preceding species, are very long, 
which makes their pace oblique and bounding.. 
These three species seem to be confined to Mada- 
gascar, Mosambique, and the lands adjacent to 
those islands. 
' Tarsier. 
The count de Buffon joins this species with the 
woolly jerboa, though at the same time he is 
particularly careful to point out their specific dif- 
ference. Mr. Pennant has described it from two 
specimens in the cabinet of Dr. Hunter ; but en~ 
