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golden hue, and exhales a slight scent of musk. His 

 physiognony may be called infantine, with the same 

 expression of innocence, the same unruffled smile, 

 the same rapid transition from joy to sadness. When 

 his fears are excited, his eyes suddenly become 

 suffused with tears, and he seems to appeal only to 

 the softer feelings of his master for kindness and 

 protection. Apparently a stranger to irritation, his 

 movements are light and airy, rapid and graceful. 

 He delights to watch the lips of a person while 

 speaking, and if allowed to sit upon his shoulder, 

 will often endeavour to pat his teeth or tongue. 

 Like many of the smaller American monkeys, he is 

 remarkably fond of insects, and if the weather be 

 cold, or damp, whether in cage or forest, the brother- 

 hood crowd together, and often courteously salute 

 each other by an interchange of paws and tails. 



You may see the Squirrel Monkey at the dawn 

 of day peeping from out his leafy citadel, on the 

 banks of the Orinoco, his clear brown golden- 

 tinted fur, fresh with the dew of night, and his 

 bright glancing eye just opened on the wide expanse 

 of waters. Now he brushes his head and coat with 

 his fore-paws, and if he discovers you, the expres- 

 sion of his countenance undergoes a rapid change ; 

 at first he looks shy and curious, as if he would not 

 dislike a nearer acquaintance ; but if you make the 

 slightest movement, or even a leaf rustles from the 

 tree suddenly, he seems afraid, and, darting through 

 the yielding branches, in a moment he is gone. 



The Douroucouli (S. trivergata),. of Humboldt, 

 is the most remarkable and insulated of the qua- 

 drumanous race. He remains listless and inactive 



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