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their economy—the first and chief of which is, the pre¬ 
mature production of their young, which, in a very early 
stage of their foetal state, pass from the uterus to an 
abdominal pouch, where, incapable of motion, and 
scarcely exhibiting any traces of external organs, they 
fix themselves to the mammae of the mother, and there 
remain attached, till they have attained the size, at 
which animals of corresponding bulk are usually born. 
The pouch is supported by two peculiar bones, at¬ 
tached to the pubis, and inserted in the abdominal 
muscles, and the young animals even long after they 
have begun to run about, on the slightest apprehension 
of danger, fly to this natural shelter for refuge and 
protection.—All the marsupial animals, except the 
Opossums ( Didelphis ), most of which are from Ame¬ 
rica, come from the oriental countries, particularly New 
Holland. — Amongst those in Case No. 10, are the 
White Kangaroo ( Macropus albus, Gray), and the Fly¬ 
ing Opossum (Didelphispetaurus, Shaw).—In the same 
Case also, are some animals of the Order Rodentia 
(Glires, Linn.), as several varieties of the Common 
Hare ( Lepus timidus , Linn.), and at the bottom of these 
Cases are specimens of animals belonging to the Order 
Edentata (Bruta, Linn.), amongst them are the Ta- 
mandua, or Little Bear-Ant-eater, of the Americans, 
and the Great-Ant-eater ( Myrmecophagajubata , Linn.). 
Over this Case are also placed two specimens of the 
Giant Tatou, or Armadillo (Dasypus gigas, Cuv.), be¬ 
longing to the same Order. The Cases Nos. 12 — 20 , 
contain variousungulatedquadrupeds (Ungulata, Ray), 
belonging to the Orders Pachydermata and Rumi- 
nantia (Bruta, Beliaue, and Pecora, Linn.);—as 
the Wild Boar, and its young—-from which our domes¬ 
tic breed of Pigs and all its varieties are derived—the 
Pecary (. Dicotyles labiatus, Cuv.), from South America, 
an animal closely allied to the Boar, but wanting the 
projecting canine teeth, or tusks, and the external toe 
of the hind feet of the latter. According to Shaw, 
the 
SALOON. 
Nat. Hist. 
