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use they make of the prehensile taiL Their hands are 

 peculiar from the absence or quite rudimentary condition 

 of the thumb. The capuchins, on the other hand, have the 

 thumb well developed. They are pretty, hardy little 



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fellows, fall of fan and intelligence. I was introduced to a 

 capuchin near Rio de Janeiro. My acquaintance, to whom 

 he owed allegiance, had also a little dog with a tail I 

 do not wish to imply that he was peculiar in the posses- 



