MONKEYS 35 



monkeys now existing on both sides of the Atlantic have 

 had a single or a bifold origin, there can be no question 

 but that they together constitute one very distinct and 

 natural group, a group which, on account of the obvious 

 and unquestionably close resemblance to ourselves of the 

 creatures which compose it, must be ranked in the highest 

 order of animals which exists, or, so far as we know, has 

 ever existed. 



