MAMMALIA. 



NATURAL iHS^aft^P-CrF MONKEYS. 



AMONG the varied races of living beings which 

 inhabit this world, none perhaps have excited so 

 much speculation and general interest, as those to 

 which we have devoted our present little volume. 

 From the shy and retired manners of the animals 

 in a wild state, their habits are of difficult inves- 

 tigation, and would require much patience, and a 

 greater allowance of time, than it is often possible 

 for those individuals who possess the enviable op- 

 portunities to devote to them. The greater portion 

 of the information we possess, is therefore derived 

 from the accounts of travellers, too often collected 

 from hearsay evidence, exaggerated as the fears and 

 superstitions of the natives have been influenced, 

 and which have appeared as " dreamy forms" 



u That the soul sees and, we suppose, the eyes." 

 



