436 HISTORY OF 



and eleven belonging to the new. To all these he gives the 

 names which they go by in their respective countries ; which, 

 undoubtedly, is the method least liable to error, and the most 

 proper for imitation. 



Of the monkeys of the ancient continent, the first he describes 

 is the MACAGUO ; somewhat resembling a baboon in size, strength 

 of body, and a hideous wrinkled visage : it differs, however, in 

 having a very long tail, which is covered vnth tufted hair. It is 

 a native of Congo. 



The second is the patas, which is about the same size with 

 the former ; but differs in having a longer body, and a face less 

 hideous : it is particularly remarkable for the colour of his hair, 

 which is of a red, so brilliant, that the animal looks as if it were 

 actually painted. It is usually brought from Senegal; and by 

 some called the red African monkey.* 



The third of the ancient continent is the malbrouk ;f of 



* Tlie Red Monkey of Pennant, the Patas of Buffon and the French 

 writers, is well distinguished from all the other species by its peculiar colour 

 and the sing'ularity of its markings. The whole of the upper surface of its 

 head, wliich is broad and flat, is of a deep rufous bro%vii, which becomes 

 lighter and assumes a rustier tinge on the back and on the outer sides of the 

 limbs, and is continued along the t;ul until it is lost in the yellowish gray 

 which terminates that organ. A patch of short dusky black hairs occupies 

 the extremity of the nose, and extends upwards in a narrow line to the 

 middle of the forehead, where it joins a series of long stiif coal-black hairs, 

 forming an arch over each of the eyes, and separating the livid flesh-colour of 

 the orbits and anterior part of the face from the red hairs which clothe the 

 scalp. This double arch terminates in a somewhat expanded patch above 

 the outer angles of the eyes. The sides of the upper Up are edged with a 

 narrow line of the same short dusky hairs wliich cover the nose. Beneath 

 the ears, wliich are blackisli and moderately large, the hair forms broad 

 thick bushy tufts of a light gray, wliich advance forwards upon the bides of 

 the cheeks and lower jaw, so as to limit the naked part of the face to a nar- 

 row space between the eyes and the upper lip. From these tufts the hair is 

 continued of the same colour on the whole of the under surface of the body, 

 and on the inner sides of the limbs. Tlie hands are dusky brown, with very 

 short fingers, the thumb of the fore hand especially being reduced almost to ? 

 mere tubercle. The facial angle is moderately elongated, and the nose flat, 

 tened. The body measures about sixteen inches in length, and the tail is 

 toarly equal. 



•f- This animal is one of the largest of the Giienon tribe. From muzzle to 

 tail it is about a foot and a half in length. In walking on the earth he al- 

 ways supports liimself on his four hands — but as he is essentially organized 

 for the purposes of climbing and living in trees, liis movements on the ground 

 possess neither firmness nor facility. His hinder limbs being longer than the 

 fore, the motion of the anterior part of Iiis body cannot correspond to that of 



