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The fifth is the Mona, or the Cephus of the 

 ancients : it is distinguished by its colour, which 

 is variegated with black and red ; and its tail is of 

 an ash colour, with two white spots on each side 

 at its insertion. It is a native of the northern 

 parts of Africa. 



The sixth is the Callitrix, or Green Monkey 

 of St lago ; distinguished by its beautiful green 

 colour on the back, its white breast and belly, and 

 its black face. 



The seventh is the Moustoc, or White Nose j 

 distinguished by the whiteness of its lips, from 

 whence it has received its name, the rest of the 

 face being of a deep blue. It is a native of the 

 Gold Coast, and a very beautiful little animal. 



The eighth is the Talapoin ; and may be dis- 

 tinguished as well by its beautiful variety of green, 

 white, and yellow hair, as by that under the eyes 

 being of a greater length than the rest. It is sup- 

 posed to be a native of Africa and the East. 



The ninth and last of the monkeys of the an- 

 cient continent is the Douc, so called in Cochin- 

 China, of which country it is a native. The douc 

 seems to unite the characters of all the former 

 together : with a long tail, like the monkey ; of a 

 size as large as the baboon ; and with a flat face, 

 like the ape : it even resembles the American 

 monkeys, in having no callosity on its posteriors. 

 Thus it seems to form the shade by which the 

 monkeys of one continent are linked with those of 

 the other. 



Next come the monkeys of the new continent, 

 which, as hath been said, differ from those of the 



