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other down, or running after each other, if the dam 

 perceives one of them mahcious or untoward, she 

 springs upon it, and seizing it by the tail with one 

 paw, corrects it severely with the other. Sometimes 

 the delinquent will try to escape ; but when got out 

 of reach, as if waiting till its mother's anger had 

 subsided, returns gently, in a wheedling, caressing 

 manner, to avert her displeasure. Sometimes they 

 are all obedient to the first cry she makes as a signal 

 of command, and wull follow her if she goes a gentle 

 pace ; but if she has occasion to move swiftly, they 

 mount upon her back, or cling to the fore part of her 

 body. The female, thus loaded, will perform extra- 

 ordinary feats of agihty ; and when tired of her bur- 

 den, will rub against a tree till the little ones are 

 obliged to descend, when the male takes them up in 

 his turn. 



The monkey tribe in America differs materially 

 from those of the other quarters of the globe, in 

 having neither cheek-pouches, nor callosities, or hard- 

 ness, on the buttocks. They are divided into two 

 genera, called Sapajous and Sagoins, which are dis- 

 tinguished from each other by characters peculiar 

 to each. The tail of the sapajou is flexible, having 

 the under part covered, generally, with a smooth, 

 naked skin. The animal can coil it up or extend it at 

 pleasure; suspend itself by its extremity from the 



