THE GREEN MONKEY. 20Q 



Description. 



them to bang round him for a while to ease her 

 of the burthen. 



Their voice is a kind of shrill hissing note; 

 and most of them have a musky smell. 



THE GREEN MONKEY. 



THIS animal is about the size of a small cat. 

 The colour of the body is a beautiful yellow 

 green ; the throat and belly are silvery white, and 

 the face is black. The tail is about eighteen 

 inches long. 



These quadrupeds are numerous in the Cape 

 de Verd islands and the East Indies; and are 

 frequently seen in Mauritania, and the territories 

 of ancient Carthage. " Hence/' says M. Buf- 

 fon, <( it is probable that it was known to the 

 Greeks and Romans; and that it was one of 

 those long-tailed monkeys to which they gave 

 the general appellation of callitrix. 



Mr, Adanson relates, that in the woods of 

 Podor, along the river Niger, these monkeys 

 break branches from the trees and throw them at 

 travellers; and their green colour renders them 

 almost invisible. They are also perfectly silent; 

 and so nimble in their motions as easily to evade 

 the sight. Our author fired among them, when 

 some concealed themselves behind the large 

 branches, and others sprang from one tree to 

 another, quite away. He killed twenty-three, 



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