ALOUATTES, OR HOWLERS. 



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direction, now from another, and in far-off parts of the forest. 

 Yet, tenitic as they appear, they are produced by anhnals not 

 much larger than a full-ofrown fox. It is the mvcetes, or 

 ursine howler — the lai'gest monkey of South America. 



ALOUATTES, OH IIOWLEKS. 



On advancinoj into the forest in the mornino-, three or four 

 may be seen seated on the upper branches of a tree — shaggy- 

 haired animals, with long prehensile tails like those of the 

 spider-monkeys — hideous-looking creatures, with pyramidical 



