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our talapoin is a native of the Eail Indies, and 

 as Edwards affiires us, that his monkey came 

 from Guiney, we muft refer the talapoin to the 

 fame cUniate, or rather fuppofe that it is com- 

 mon to the fouthcrn regions of both Africa and 

 Afia, It is probably the fame fpecies of black 

 apes mentioned by Bofman, under the name of 

 Baurdmannetjes^ whofc fkin, he remarks, is aa 

 excellent fur *, 



The 



* In Guiney, there is a third fpecies of ape, which is very 

 beautiful, and generally exceeds not two feet in length. Its hair 

 is extremely black, and more than an inch long, and its beard 

 is white ; from which circumftance the Dutch call it Bourd- 

 Via/itiefje. Bonnets are made of their ilcins, and each fur fells 

 at four crowns ; Vayage ds Boftuan, f. 258- 



