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old, in the make of their nostrils, in their having 

 no callosity on their posteriors, and in their hav- 

 ing no pouches on each side of the jaw. They 

 differ also from each other, a part of them making 

 no use of their tails to hang by ; while others of 

 them have the tail very strong and muscular, and 

 serving by way of a fifth hand to hold by. Those 

 with muscular holding tails are called Sapajous ; 

 those with feeble useless tails are called Sagoins. 

 Of the sapajous there are five sorts ; of the sagoins 

 there are six. 



The first of the sapajous is the Warine, or the 

 Brasilian Guariba. This monkey is as large as a 

 fox, with black long hair, and remarkable for the 

 loudness of its voice. It is the largest of the 

 monkey kind to be found in America. 



The second is the Coaiti ; which may be dis- 

 tinguished from the rest by having no thumb, 

 and consequently but four fingers on the two fore 

 paws. The tail, however, supplies the defects of 

 the hand ; and with this the animal flings itself 

 from one tree to another with surprising rapidity. 



The third is the Sajou ; distinguished from the 

 rest of the sapajous, by its yellowish, flesh-colour- 

 ed face. 



The fourth is the Sai. It is somewhat larger 

 than the sajou, and has a broader muzzle. It is 

 called also the Bewailer, from its peculiar man- 

 ner of lamenting, when either threatened or beaten. 



The fifth and last of the sapajou kind, or 

 monkeys that hold by the tail, is the Saimiri, or 

 Aurora, which is the smallest and most beautiful 

 of all. It is of a fine orange colour, with two 



