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care of him. The one we kept allowed hlm- 

 felf to be touched and carried about by the peo- 

 ple with whom he was acquainted ; but, to o- 

 thers, he permitted not this freedom, and even 

 bit them. He likewife endeavoured to obtain 

 his liberty : He was fixed with a long chain. 

 When he could either break the chain or difen- 

 o-age himfelf, he fled to the fields, and, though 

 he did not fpontaneoufly return, he allowed 

 himfelf to be taken by his matter. He eat 

 every thing, roafted meat, bread, and particular- 

 ly fruits. He likewife fearched for fpiders, 

 ants, and infeds *. When feveral morfels were 

 thrown to him at once, he filled his cheeks with 

 them. This pradice is common to all the ba- 

 boons and monkeys, to whom Nature has gi- 

 ven pouches in their cheeks, where they can 

 keep a quantity of food fufficient to nourifti 

 them for a day or two. 



D'lJlincVive Characlcrs of this Species. 



The mona has cheek-pouches, and callofities 

 on the buttocks. The tail is about two feet 

 long, and more than half a foot longer than 

 both the body and head. The head is fmall 



and 



• It is probably this fpecies which LuJolf mentions under 

 the denonninaiion of the Alyfinum ape. ' They come,' fays 

 he, ' io great troops. As they are exceedingly fond ot ants 

 « and Vv\ ifiiu, they reverfe every ftone,' in order to catch the 

 « infers they cover ;' Hijl d; P Abyfrni, p. ^1. 



