THE MONKEY. 151 



face it resembles the latter, and bears affinity to the , 

 former by the length of its tail. 



Monkeys of the new continent are divided into two 

 classes, from the different construction of their tails, 

 and are distinguished from each other by the muscular 

 strength which enables the animal to suspend itself 

 from the branches, or of hooking round each other 

 until, they form a link long enough to extend to differ- 

 ent trees ; and thus by composing a kind of chain with 

 their tails, they swing from tree to tree, without touch- 

 ing the ground. These animals are denominated sapa- 

 jous, to distinguish them from the sagoins, whose tails 

 are not formed with that degree of muscular strength. 



The first species of the sapajous is the waren, the 

 largest of all the new continent race : the hair is coarse, 

 long, and black ; and the voice is allowed to be most 

 singularly loud. 



The second is the coaiti, differing from the rest in 

 having no thumb upon its two fore paws ; this defect, 

 however, is supplied by the tail, with which the crea- 

 ture clings round different branches of the trees. 



The third is the sajon, distinguished from the rest of 

 its tribe merely by a yellow flesh-coloured face. 



The fourth is the sai, or the beicailer, from the pe- 

 culiar plaintive tones of its voice. 



The fifth, and last of the sapajou species, is the sa- 

 miri ; an animal much more beautiful than the rest : 

 the hair is a bright orange, with two circles of flesh 

 colour round the eyes. 



The first of the sagoins is called the saki, remark- 

 able for the length of hair upon its tail ; the size of 

 this animal differs so greatly, that some are often twice 

 as large as the Test. 



The second is the tamaim, which is usually black, 

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