. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. mills wliicli >iiiiaioly tlio ever aiipcnr. l'HATAUl.\.-X',(â,j Uim'Mjykt. >/«'/4/Wy6 iKi'inmaiiu Willi iiiiiii. nv., wiiirh ar. iK,w,.,fâl e,,,,,,.], to ,l, n iMiinan Wuv> ,listn,. the it 11 'PI Di , â . â¢" "" â iM,i|m(i r(ir lOClillKi Tlic IUjjkukeit, or Sikiht also roiiuil ill Ceylon, or ihi: account. "Ol'tli till! Siimiileso, Q: â TAiLKD Maxis, i H a native of v 'iilates, tl ihallava, Imt u- ,. uioiis parts of Tiulia, and â¢sinriOH .
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. mills wliicli >iiiiaioly tlio ever aiipcnr. l'HATAUl.\.-X',(â,j Uim'Mjykt. >/«'/4/Wy6 iKi'inmaiiu Willi iiiiiii. nv., wiiirh ar. iK,w,.,fâl e,,,,,,.], to ,l, n iMiinan Wuv> ,listn,. the it 11 'PI Di , â . â¢" "" â iM,i|m(i r(ir lOClillKi Tlic IUjjkukeit, or Sikiht also roiiuil ill Ceylon, or ihi: account. "Ol'tli till! Siimiileso, Q: â TAiLKD Maxis, i H a native of v 'iilates, tl ihallava, Imt u- ,. uioiis parts of Tiulia, and â¢sinriOH .Sir KmcrHon IViiycnt -ivs the lo]|âwi,â, short "' "11 V ii, |(âi is the .scaly ant-eater, culled by indicative of its i'acuily of 'rolliii'v itselt usually known liy its ^Mal yy name of IViii'olin, a tow unls its stoniac Its mail-covered tail. Wl 1, arching- its back iiit i]! into a comjiact ball, by 1 word »y beiidiii" its bead o a circle, and securin,^- all by a i)owerfiil bold of or oin-lit feet, m1i ci't Of t tl icii at liberty, tliev burrow in the d ley reside in paii's, aiiil ju'oduce an y^;round to a depth of sev wo specimens which I kept alive at din'erent t nually two or tlin.'c youn,Lj eii about two feet in lenutl nver the house in se knee, layin-' hold of my Ic"' l)v its prcl 1, was a ,i;eiitle and allectionate creatui ould attract attention to it imes, one from the vicinity of Kaiidy, :ii'ch of anls, leii,u:tli alwav f ofils 1 leil; ilo tail. The other, i whicn after Manderiu" s wants by climbinjr up my was cauo-ht in tlie jun-vle near (,'hilaw, and brought t uoro than double that ys understood that the Teni;- » 1110 in Colombo. I had Voquently ascended a tree in mv olm was unable to climb trees, but the one last mentioned looked feet, aided by its round and jilntinous ton rd. 'ai'ilt 11 m search of ants, and this it effected by 111! oblnpie oTiisp of the tail. The ants it means (turiiiL, th e (lav cue ahu
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