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head fpmcthing like that of a monkey, but its mouth is
«remarkably large j nts hinder -legsrare much fliorter than
thofe before, to help it in climbing, being, each armed
-with (bre4 very laæge and fliafp çiawsÿ b y which it holds
-its body on .the? boughsr b u t which, as being.qffenfive
weapons, my; negroes had fo cruelly chopped off : its eyes
are llhguid# and it^ ^ o k ê is fqueafeing, like that of a
young" cat. The great-eft; particularity of this creature
however is, that, its motion is fo’yery flow, thatiyoften
stakes two days to gj^pp to the top of ymoderafte tree,
frpm this -it 'never defends while a leaf or a bud is; remaining
%' beginning- it% jdevaftation firft at the top, to
prevent dts;beingsftarved in coming,-to 4he bottom* when
it goesu3m jpâeft; of another,' proceeding, incredibly flow
indeed. while on the ground. Some? fay, that to avoid
the pain of exer-cifing its limbs,jit forms" i’tfelf rint© a? ball,
and dropfi-dpwn from .the branches/, that may be true-pr
nof^bnl this I know to be. a fa^^thatit; cannot mend its
pace..
V- Of thefe. animals there are? two fpepipspA Grui-anai ^/ar»
the and the,;Unan ; but 'inf-|'frinatn- difti$gjaijhed' bjf
theiname^ pf the &cap(>.w&&DdgO'ltoy,afe#, or thg'Sheepand
the Dog Sloth, on account of their’ hair *,( that of thje firft
peing bpfhy, s and- of a dU$y;grj$y#s,jwbdle the.\otheri;is
lank and reddifh/coloured.| .This- laft ha? alfp hufci/'Z#
claws on each foot,'and the head is,lef§-rptmd than the
former? /Both thefe creatures^? by forming, themfglvesin
a clew,, have often more the appearance. ;0f. ejforgfcences
in the, bark, than that of . animals feeding, upon the fo*
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