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SPIDER-MONKEYS. 



SPIDER-MONKEYS. 



Among the most curious of the monkey tribe are the 

 ateles, or spider-monkeys, called also Cebidse, and, by the 

 natives sapajous, one of the species of the coaita, or quata. 

 As they are seen gambolling among the trees, with their long 

 limbs; and still longer tails, ever actively employed, their 



SPIDER-MONKBYS. 



resemblance to huge spiders is remarkable. Not that the 

 creature is always in a state of activity, for it will often sit 

 swinging slowly backwards and forwards, or place itself in 

 the oddest of attitudes without moving a limb, as if resting 

 after its exertions, or, in a contemplative mood, watching the 



