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the whole body can be easily sustained banging 

 by the tail only. It even serves as a fifth 

 hand, grasping and bringing in objects other- 

 wise out of reach. 



The Spider Monkeys are very gentle in 

 dispositiou, and seem by this, by their long 

 limbs and great agility, to represent, as it 

 were, in the New World the Gibbons of the 

 Eastern Hemisphere. 



There are various species of Spider Monkeys. 

 Amongst them may be mentioned the Coaita 

 (Fig. 23), which is destitute of every external 

 trace of a thumb ; and the Chameck (Fig. 24), 

 in which each thumb is represented by a 

 minute, nailless tubercle. 



The commonest American monkeys are the 

 Sapajous (Cebus), which are those generally 

 exhibited for their tricks by itinerant Italians. 

 They have long tails curled at the end, but 

 not naked beneath, nor capable of grasping 

 with the power possessed by the tails of the 

 Spider Monkeys. 



There are numerous races of Sapajous, but 



