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animals comprised under it are more remarkable for 

 grace of form, and beauty of colouring, and its type 

 has been eulogized as elegant in the highest degree, 

 mild of disposition, affectionate, and penetrating ; and 

 possessing every quality that could adorn the disposi- 

 tion of an animal. The species we allude to is, 



THE VARIED MONKEY. 



Cercopithecus mono. GEOFFROV. 



PLATB X. 



The Varied Monkey, Pennant's Quadrupeds, page 210 La 



Mone, Audibert, Histoire Naturelle des Singes Frederic 



Cuvier, Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes. Guenon 

 Mone, Desmarets" 1 Mammologie, p. 58. 



THE Mona, says Frederic Cuvier, is superior to all 

 the Guenons in the elegance of its form, and grace 

 of its movements, the mildness of its disposition, 

 the delicacy of understanding, and sagacity of counte- 

 nance ; and its outward adornments vie with its in- 

 ternal acquirements in the beauty and variety of their 

 tints. It has generally been thought to be a native of 

 Barbary, although no proof can be adduced. They 

 certainly are brought from Africa; and from the facility 

 with which they bear a European climate, we may 

 suppose the northern or mountainous districts are their 

 native abodes. 



