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seemed at first afraid, from their twisting them- 

 selves round its neck; but that it soon overcame 

 and eat them. He likewise says that it produced 

 young ones in Portugal, which at first were ex- 

 tremely ugly, having hardly any hair on their 

 bodies. They adhered closely to the teats of the 

 mother ; and when grown a little larger, fixed 

 themselves upon her back, from whence she could 

 not easily disengage them, without rubbing them 

 off against a wall: upon these occasions, the male 

 always allowed them to mount upon his back to 

 relieve the female. 



THE SILKY MONKEY. 



(Sunia Rosalia, Linn. Lc Marikina, Buff.) 



Is by some called the LION- APE, from the quan- 

 tity of hair which surrounds its face, falling back- 

 wards like a mane; its tail is also somewhat bushy 

 at the end; its face is flat, and of a dull purple 

 colour; its hair long, bright, and silky; it is of a 

 pale yellow colour on the body; the hair round the 

 face of a bright bay, inclining to red; its hands and 

 feet are without hair, and of the same colour as the 

 face; its body is ten inches long; tail, thirteen. 



This creature is a native of Guiana, is very gentle 

 and lively, and seems to be more hardy than the 

 other Sagoins. Bufifon says, that one of them lived 

 at Paris several years, with no other precaution 

 than keeping it in a warm room during winter. 



