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Singular mode of taking the Chinese monkey. 



sects, and sometimes descend to the sea coast, or 

 the banks of rivers to catch fish. They gather 

 cocoa-nuts, and know perfectly well how to ex- 

 tract the juice for drink, and the kernel for food. 

 The natives sometimes take them by means of a 

 cocoa-nut with a hole in it. This being laid near 

 their haunts, some one of them takes it up, and 

 with difficulty thrusts his paw into the hole in 

 order to get at the kernel; and before he can 

 disengage himself, the people who are on the 

 watch, immediately run up, and secure him. 



THE OUARINE, OR PREACHER, 



THIS animal is the largest of all the Ameri- 

 can monkeys, being about the size of a large fox. 

 The face is broad, the ears are short and round, 

 and the eyes black and sparkling. The aper- 

 tures of the nostrils are placed on the sides, and 

 not under the nose, and the throat contains a 

 bony process, in the cavity of which, the sound 

 of the voice thickens, increases, and forms a kind 

 of round beard under the neck. The tail is very 

 long, and naked at the extremity, which is always 

 twisted. 



These animals are so wild and mischievous, 

 that they can neither be conquered nor tamed. 

 They bite dreadfully, and excite terror by their 

 large mouths, frightful voice and ferocious as- 

 pect. Their voice somewhat resembles the noise 



