96 NATURAL HISTORY Of 



passage to the Baboons and Cynocephali is easy. On the 

 opposite side, we would descend by the Sapajous and 

 Sagoins to Ateles, thence to the Howlers or Baboons 

 of the new world- and onwards by the Pitheda 01 

 Desmarets, to the small species with nookeu and 

 sharp claws. We would still, in this way, have a 

 space between these diminutive insectivorous species, 

 deviating so much from the quadrumanous type and 

 the cynocephalous baboons'; but this appears to fill 

 itself naturally up by the Lemuridce, the small species 

 of which seem intimately connected with the little 

 monkeys above mentioned, while there will be a 

 natural gradation from the baboons to the genus Licha- 

 notus of Illiger, or the Indri of Sonnerat and Audibert. 

 This view of their arrangement would doubtless re- 

 quire alterations to perfect \t ; but something of the 

 kind seems the most natural method, and the orders 

 of the Carnivora and Rodentia, whichever shall be 

 found to follow most naturally, would touch at the 

 various points of the circle representing their respec- 

 tive families. 



For the illustrations of the present volume, we have 

 been at considerable pains. In a few instances Mr 

 Lizars has been able to draw from the living animals, 

 and our best thanks are due to Mr Cops, for allowing 

 copies to be made from his interesting specimen of the 

 red orang, and also to Mr Wombwell for the sketch 

 of the white eyelid monkey. Professor Jameson 

 pointed out the specimen of the hoolack lately re- 



