nS . Q^U ADRUPEDS. 



(2) ThcTamalm is ulually black, v;ith the feet yellow i foine brown, 

 fpotted with yellow.' 



(3) The Ouiftiti is remarkable for large tufts of hair on its face, and 

 its annulatcd tail. 



(4) The Marikina, or Oon Monkey, with a mane round the neck, 

 and a bunch of hair at the end of the tail, like a lion. 



(5) The Pinch, with the face of a beautiful black, and white hair 

 defcending on each fide the face. 



(6) The Mico. The hair on its body a beautiful fdver colour, 

 brighter than that of the mofl venerable human hair ; the tail, a deep 

 brown, inclining to blacknefs ; its ears, its cheeks, and lips, tindlured 

 with bright vermillion ; z very fmali kind. 



, ,.».. ._ THE 



MAKI, OR MOCOCO KIND, 



FROM the conformation of their hands and feet, approach the 

 monkey kind ; but in that refpedt only. There are many kinds, 

 varying in colour or fize, but agreeing in the human-like figure of their 

 hands and feet, and in their long nofc. 



The Mococo is about the fize of a catj the body and limbs flenderer; 

 a very long tail, at lead double the length of its body j covered with 

 fur, marked aliernately v/ith broad rings of black and white ; remarka- 

 ble for the largcnefs of its eyes, which are furrounded with a broad 

 black fpace } and the length of the hinder- legs, which far exceed thofe 

 before. When it Oecps, it brings its nofe to its belly, and its tail over 

 its head. When it plays, it ufes a fort of galloping, with its tail raifed 

 over its back, and continually in motion. The head is covered with 

 dark afli-coloured hair i the back and fides, with a red afli-colour, not 

 fo dark as the head j the whole glolTy, foft, and fmooth, and landing 

 almoll upright, like the pile of velvet. Native of Madagafcar ; a gen- 

 tle animal -, moves, like all four-handed animals, in an oblique direcStion. 



The Mongooz is lefs than the former, with a foft, glofTy robe, but a 

 little curled J nofe alfo thicker; eyes black, orange-coloured circles 

 round the pupil ; fome black, others brown : native of Madagafcar. 



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