<2l6 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Description Mode of travelling. 



THE ORANGE MONKEY. 



FROM the gracefulness of all its movements,, 

 the smallness of its size, brilliancy of its colours, 

 and the largeness and vivacity of its eyes, this 

 little animal has uniformly been preferred to all 

 the other monkeys. 



This animal is about the size of a squirrel. 

 The head is round; the ears are large, and the 

 eyes remarkably full and lively. The hair on 

 the body shines like gold; the feet are of an 

 orange colour, and the face is white, with a round 

 black patch in the middle, in which are the 

 mouth and nostrils; and this disposition of the 

 features gives the animal the appearance of wear- 

 ing a mask. The tail is very long, and black at 

 the extremity. 



Stedman, during his stay at Surinam, saw these 

 monkeys every day passing along the sides of 

 the river, skipping from tree to tree, and regu- 

 larly following each other, like a little army, 

 with their young ones at their backs. Their 

 manner of travelling is this : the foremost walks 

 to the extremity of a bough, whence it bounds 

 to the extremity of one belonging to the next 

 tree, often at a surprising distance, and with such 

 wonderful activity and precision, that it never 

 misses its aim; the others, one by one, and even 

 the females with their liltlc ones ;it their backs. 



