4-rO UISTOIIY OF 



The nintL and last of the monkeys of the ancient continent, 

 IS the Douc, so called in Cochin- China, of which country it is a 

 native. The douc seems to unite the characters of all the 

 former together : with a long tail, like the monkey ; of a size as 

 large as the baboon ; and with a flat face like the ape : it even 

 resembles the American monkeys, in having no callosity on its 

 posteriors. Thus it seems to form the shade by which the 

 monkeys of one continent are linked with those of the other. 



Next come the monkeys of the new continent ; which, as has 

 been said, differ from those of the old, in the make of their nos- 

 trils, in their having no callosity on their posteriors, and in their 

 having no pouches on each side of the jaw. They differ also 

 from each other, a part of them making no use of their tails to 

 hang by ; while others of them have the tail very strong and 

 muscular, and serving by way of a fifth hand to hold by.* 

 Those wdth muscular holding tails, are called sapajous ; thote 

 with feeble useless tails, are called sagoins. Of the sapajous 

 there are five sorts : of the sagoins there are six. 



The first of the sapajous is the warine, or the Brazilian 

 GUARIBA. This monkey is as large as a fox, with long black 

 hair, and remarkable for the loudness of its voice. It is the 

 largest of the monkey kind to be found in America. 



The second is the coati ; which may be distinguished from 

 the rest by having no thumb, and consequently but four fingers 

 on the two fore-paws. The tail, however, supplies the defects 

 of the hand ; and with this the animal slings itself from one tree 

 to another, with surprising rapidity. 



The third is the sajou ; distinguished from the rest of the 

 sapajous by its yellowish flesh-coloured face. 



The fourth is the sai. It is somewhat larger than the sajou, 

 and has a broader muzzle. It is called also the bf.wailer, from 

 its peculiar manner of lamenting when either threatened or 

 beaten. 



The fifth and last of the sapajou kind, or monkeys that hold 

 by the tail, is the samari, or aurora ; which is the smallest and 

 most beautiful of all. It is of a fine orange colour, with two 



* There are no apes or monkeys without a tail known in America, ami 

 but one species with a tail shorter than the body, which was lately discover- 

 ed by the Baron Humboldt. 



