Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 441
branches of a tree; others wouldbe hanging upside down, as shown in the illus-tration, but always eating. They eat so slowlythat before one meal is over, it is time for thenext. Usually the gun would bring them down,but sometimes it was not necessary. Two weretaken alive by Paulie, who climbed up… … YAPOK — WATER OPOSSUM. but the two-toed species (Hoffmanns Sloth, 22inches in length) is found as far north as north-ern Costa Rica. Those who have handled thelatter species alive say that it possesses veryconsiderable power in its feet, and once a manshand is within its grasp, its strong, sharp,…
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