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the huge claws of which are bent upward, as above
stated. The neck is often raised at a considerable
angle with the arch of the back. It walks about
tolerably fast on a level surface, and not unfre-
quently raises itself on the tripod of its hind limbs
and tail, swerving the body about in every possible
direction. In common garden ground it burrows
with extreme facility; and it also manifests a very
strong propensity for clambering. Turned loose
into a room in India, a pangolin is never long in
finding out the ji/mi/s (a sort of c)arse Venetian
blind), and soon makes its way to the top of them ;
indeed, if a young animal, small enough, it will
work itself in and out of the to the destruc-
tion of them sometimes ; and we have seen one sup-
port its whole weight by the extremity of the tail
alone, and after hanging there for a while, inten-
tionally fall to the ground. The strength of this
animal is prodigious ; and its capability of enduring
abstinence most extraordinary. The latter is one
of the various reptilian tendencies of the Edentata.
In the wild state it inhabits rocky jungle, and works
itself into the crevices of rocks during the day. It
has no means of defence beyond rolling itself into a
ball; and in this compact attitude it dies, as we
have more than once had occasion to observe. By
Anglo-Indians the pangolin is commonly miscalled
" armadillo." The name " pangolin" is Malayan
—pangoling or tangeling ; but there are three well-
marked Asiatic species, and more in Africa. In the
fossil state this edente genus is also known as Eu-
ropean.
In all the jungle districts of India south of the
Himalaya, and in Ceylon, the only species is Monis
pentadactyla of Linnaeus (M. brachyura, Erxeleben
11. inauvita, Hodgson) ; at least we presume this to
be the species noticed in Dr. J. L. Stewart's " Me-
moranda on the Peshawar Valley," as the " kishaur,"
which is " by no means uncommon in various
locali-
ties, attaining a length of four feet and upwards ;
its scales are much valued as a medicine by some
classes of Hindus." In the south-east Himalaya
the Chinese species occurs (the M. aurita of
Hodgson, subsequently 31. Dalnianni of Sundevall),
which has the body-scales much smaller and more
numerous, and a distinct ear-conch, which the
other has not. Eastward of the Bay of Bengal,
from at least the province of Arakan southward,
the species is that of the Malayan peninsula
and archipelago, 31-. javanica, which is
considerably smaller than the others, and
has some bristles growing conspicuously
between the scales ; very generally, also, the ter-
minal third or more of the tail is whitish, abruptly
separated from the brown colouring of the body and
base of the tail ; at least in Burmese examples, of
which we have seen several, both alive and dead.
We procured one thus coloured at Mergui, near the
neck of the Malayan peninsula.
A French author, Dr. Yvan, remarks that " the
Chinese bring up this creature purposely for the
table ; and the Portuguese of Macao, amongst
whom it is known by the name of the Biclio verge-
guoso, are extremely fond of its flesh, which is very
white and tender. But it is quite a mystery to me,"
he adds, " how the animal is ever domesticated. 1
once preserved one, intending to take it back with
me to France ; and having occasion to be absen
from Macao a friend offered to take care of it for
me. On account of its nocturnal habits, the Chi-
nese domestics placed it in a little dark habitation,
where it appeared to be very comfortable. On the
first night of its imprisonment, a strange noise was
heard in the house, but next day nothing unusual
could be perceived. For several succeeding nights
the same strange sound was heard—a sort of me-
tallic noise, mingling with loud reports, as if some
heavy weight was falling. At last, but when too
late, the mystery was discovered. It was the pan-
golin, which had pulled up some of the paving of
its cave, raised the stone step, and thus made its
escape, no one knew where. When caught, this
animal makes but faint efforts to get away, but, as
its hard, sharp scales act upon the fingers like the
blade of a knife, the captor is generally glad to let
his prey escape." It rolls itself up into a round
ball, and the scales are sharp as described ; but the
alleged domestication of it is nonsense, and it does
not readily take to feeding when in confinement,
but it can well support abstinence for a fortnight
or more. We have got it to eat a mixture of
chopped meat and hard-boiled egg, with boiled
rice.—Land and TVater.