MONKEY KIND. 



right, are as tall as a man ; they have short tails, 

 long snouts, and are possessed of brutal fierce- 

 ness. 



The Monkey kind are removed a step further : 

 these are much less than the former, with tails as 

 long, or longer, than their bodies, and flattish 

 faces. 



Lastly, the Maki and Opossum kind seem to 

 lose all resemblance of the human figure, except 

 in having hands : their noses are lengthened out, 

 like those of quadrupeds, and every part of their 

 bodies totally different from the human ; however, 

 as they grasp their food, or other objects, with 

 one hand, which quadrupeds cannot do, this 

 single similitude gives them an air of sagacity, to 

 which they have scarcely any other pretensions. 



From this slight survey it may be easily seen, 

 that one general description will not serve for 

 animals so very different from each other : never- 

 theless, it would be fatiguing to the last degree, 

 as their varieties are so numerous, and their dif- 

 ferences so small, to go through a particular des- 

 cription of each. In this case it will be best to 

 give a history of the foremost in each class, at 

 the same time marking the distinctions in every 

 species. By this we shall avoid a tedious repeti- 

 tion of similar characters, and consider the man- 

 ners and the oddities of this fantastic tribe in 

 general points of view , where we shall perceive 

 how nearly they approach to the human figure, 

 and how little they benefit by the approximation. 



