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ANIMALS OF 



side of the jaw. They differ also from each 

 other, a part of them making no use of their 

 tails to hang by; while others of them have 

 the tail very strong and muscular, and serving 

 by way of a fifth hand to hold by. Those 

 with muscular holding tails, are called SAPA- 

 jous; those with feeble useless tails, are call- 

 ed SAGOIXS. Of the sapajous there are five 

 sorts: of the sagoins there are six. 



The first of the sapajous is the WARING, or 

 the BRAZILIAN GUARIBA. This monkey is as 

 large as a fox, with black long hair, and re- 

 markable for the loud ness of its voice. It is 

 the largest of the monkey kind to be found in 

 America. 



The second is the COAITI; which may be 

 distinguished from the rest by having no 

 thumb, and consequently but four fingers on 

 the two fore paws. The tail, however, sup- 

 plies the defects of the hand; and with this 

 the animal slings itself from one tree to ano- 

 ther, with surprising rapidity. 



The third is the SAJOU ; distinguished from 

 the rest of the sapajous by its yellowish, flesh- 

 coloured face. 



The fourth is the SAI. It is somewhat 

 larger than the sajou,and has a broader muz- 

 zle. It is called also the BEVVAILER, from its 

 peculiar manner of lamenting when either 

 threatened or beaten. 



The fifth and last of the sapajou kind, or 

 monkeys that hold by the tail, is the SAMARI, 

 or AURORA ; which is the smallest and most 

 beautiful of all. It is of a fine orange colour, 

 with two circles of flesh round the eyes. It 

 is a very tender, delicate animal, and held in 

 high price. 



Of the sagoiris with feeble tails there are 

 six kinds. The first and the largest, is the 

 SAKI, or CAGUI; so remarkable for the length 

 of the hair on its tail, that it has been often 

 termed the FOX-TAILED MONKEY. It is of dif- 

 ferent sizes; some being twice as large as 

 others. 



The second of this kind is the TAMAIN; 

 which is usually black, with the feet yellow. 

 Some, however, are found all over brown, 

 spotted with yellow. 



The third is the WISTITI; remarkable for 

 the large tufts of hair upon its face, and its 

 annuUited tail. 



The fourth is the JIARIKINA; with a mane 



round the neck, and a bunch of hair at the 

 end of the tail, like a lion. 



The fifth is called the IMNCH; with the face 

 of a beautiful black, and \vhitc hair that de- 

 scends on each side of the face, like that of 

 man. 



The last, least, and most beautiful of all is, 

 the MICO, an animal too curiously adorned not 

 to demand a particular description; which is 

 thus given of it by Mr. Condamine: "That," 

 says he, " which the Governor of Para made 

 me a present of, was the only one of its kind 

 that was seen in the country. The hair ou 

 its body was of a beautiful silver colour, 

 brighter than that of the most venerable hu- 

 man hair ; while the tail was of a deep brown, 

 inclining to blackness. It had another sin- 

 gularity more remarkable than the former; 

 its ears, its cheeks, and lips, were tinctured 

 with so bright a vermilion, that one could 

 scarcely be led to suppose that it was natu- 

 ral. 1 kept it a year; and it was still alive 

 when 1 made this description of it, almost 

 within sight of the coasts of France: all I 

 could then do was to preserve it in spirits of 

 wine, which might serve to keep it in such a 

 state as to show that I did not in the least 

 exaggerate in my description." 



OF THE MAKI. 



THE last of the monkey kind are the Ma- 

 kies ; which have no other pretensions to be 

 placed in this class, except that of haying 

 hands like the former, and making use of 

 them to climb trees, or to pluck their food. 

 Animals of the hare kind, indeed, are often 

 seen to feed themselves with their fore paws, 

 hut they can hold nothing in one of them 

 singly, and are obliged to take up whatever 

 they eat in both at once: but it is otherwise 

 with the maki; as well as the monkey kinds, 

 they seize their food with one hand, pretty 

 much like a man, and grasp it with great ease 

 and firmness. The maki, therefore, from 

 this conformation in its hands both before 

 and behind, approaches nearly to the mon- 

 key kind ; but in other respects, such as the 

 make of the snout, the form of the ears, and 

 the parts that distinguish the sexes, it entire- 

 ly differs from them. There are many dif 



