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with which the monkeys of the New World are com. 

 menced. 



THE GUENONS. 



Following for our guidance the arrangement of the 

 quadrumanous animals proposed by Cuvier, whose ex- 

 tensive experience and varied research, entitle him to 

 every confidence, we shall proceed next with his 

 brother's sub-family of the Guenons, or long-tailed 

 monkeys of the Old World. Most zoologists place 

 them after the orangs and gibbons, and reach the ba- 

 boons by those species where the muzzle becomes 

 more lengthened, (Cercocebus sabeus, &c.,) by the 

 Rhesus monkey* and Barbary ape, and thus reach the 

 Cynocephali, which have the largest facial angle, the 

 nostrils placed at the extremity of the muzzle, possess 

 a less degree of intelligence, and have dispositions akin 

 to the fiercest and most brutal. With these they con- 

 clude the forms of the Old World. 



The large assortment of animals which have been 

 placed in this group, may be termed the most agree- 

 able of the " monkey race." They embrace con- 

 siderable variety of shape and size, but often exhibit 

 furs of the greatest bnghtness and beauty, with forms 

 at once light and graceful ; while their dispositions are 

 in general mild, peaceful, and affectionate, or, if ocww 



See vignette titlepage. 



