THE MONKEY. 



General description. 



clom catch one of them, for if the baboon can 

 but get a dog by the hind feet, he will swing it 

 round till it is perfectly giddy. They also bite 

 violently, and by means of their immense teeth 

 are able to defend themselves with the utmost 

 obstinacy. When enraged by any person, even 

 in a state of domestication, they attempt to lay 

 hold of the ears; and they will sometimes bite 

 one of them off as close as if it had been cut with 

 a razor. 



PO UR-FINGERED MONKE Y. 



THE four-fingered monkey is about eighteen 

 inches in length from the muzzle to the rump^ 

 exclusive of the tail, which is nearly two feet 

 long. These animals are bold and active, full of 

 gambols and grimace; and of a mild and docile 

 disposition. The colour is uniformly black, ex- 

 cept the face, which is of a dark flesh colour. 

 The animal has no thumbs on the fore paws, but 

 in place of them it has small appendices or pro- 

 jections. It inhabits the forests of South Ame- 

 rica; and the female brings forth one or two 

 } T oung, which she carries on her back. One of 

 them in a state of confinement lived on the most 

 amicable terms with a squirrel that had been put 

 to it as a companion, and obtained by its famili- 

 arity and caresses, the affection of all those who 

 at tended it. When the fore-paws are tied be- 

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