MONKEY KIND. 



human-like figure of their hands and feet, and in 

 their long nose, which somewhat resembles that 

 of a dog.* As most of these are bred in the 

 depths of the forest, we know little more concern- 

 ing them than their figure. Their way of living, 

 their power of pursuit and escape, can only be 

 supposed, from the analogy of their conformation, 

 somewhat to resemble those of the monkey. 



The first of this kind is the Mococo ; a beauti- 

 ful animal, about the size of a common cat, but 

 the body and limbs slenderer, and of a longer 

 make. It has a very long tail, at least double 

 the length of its body ; it is covered with fur, 

 and marked alternately with broad rings of black 

 and white. But what it is chiefly remarkable for, 

 besides the form of its hands and feet, is the 

 largeness of its eyes, which are surrounded with 

 a broad black space ; and the length of the hinder 

 legs, which by far exceed those before. When it 

 sleeps, it brings its nose to its belly, and its tail 

 over its head. When it plays, it uses a sort of 

 galloping, with its tail raised over its back, which 

 keeps continually in motion. The head is cover- 

 ed with dark ash-coloured hair ; the back and 

 sides with a red ash-colour, and not so dark as 

 on the head ; and the whole glossy, soft, and de- 

 licate, smooth to the touch, and standing almost 

 upright, like the pile of velvet. It is a native of 

 Madagascar; appears to be a harmless gentle 



[* This tribe of quadrupeds have four fore- teeth in the upper jaw, the in- 

 termediate ones being remote ; and six long, compressed, parallel teeth in 

 the under jaw : the dog-teeth are solitary, and the grinders somewhat lo- 

 bated. They differ so much, in shape and manners, from the monkey 

 kind, that they are now generally distinguished by the name of Lemur.] 

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