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ANT-EATE R. 
a meer-fsetus we fhall avoid giving a tranfcript 
of Dr. Pallas's account of it, but wait tor further 
information. We lb all only fay, that it has four 
toes on the fore feet and pendulous ears, which 
diftinguilhes it from other kinds. Kolben f defer ibes 
their manners particularly, and fays they haye long 
heads and tongues, and are toothlefs; and that they 
fometimes weigh loolb. J That if they fallen their 
claws in the ground, the ftrongeii: man cannot pull 
them away : that they thruft out their clammy 
tongue into the ants neft, and draw it into their 
mouth covered with infefts. Mr. Strachan, in his 
account of Ceylon §, gives the fame account of what 
the natives call the Talgat, or Ant-Bear: it is not 
therefore to be doubted, but that thefe animals are 
common to the old and new continents. 
* Pallas MifcelZod. 6 4.' 
t Hift. Cape, is8. Where they are called Earth-Hogs'. 
% As quoted by Dr. Pallas ; I fuppofe from the Dutch edition* 
§ Phil. Hranf. abridge V. 180. 
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