The S A P A J O U S * and the S A- 

 G O I N S f. 



WE now pafs from the Old Continent to 

 the New. All the four-handed animals 

 formerly defcribed, and which were compre- 

 hended under the generic names of apes, baboo7iSy 

 and monkeys, belong exclufively to the Old Con- 

 tinent; and all the reft, whole hiftory we are a- 

 bout to relate, are found in the New World 

 only. We firft diftinguifh them by the two 

 generic names Jhpojous and Jhgoins. The feet 

 of both are conitruded nearly in the fame man- 

 ner with thofe of the apes, baboons, and mon- 

 keys. But they differ from the apes by having 

 tails. They differ from the baboons by the 

 want of cheek-pouches and callofitles on their 

 buttocks. In fine, they differ from the ape.-, 

 baboons, and monkeys, by having the porticu 

 between their noftrils very broad and thick, and 

 the apertures placed to a fide and not under tli- 

 nofe. Hence the fapajous and fagoins differ nc r 

 only fpecifically but generically from the apL>, 



baboons, 



• Sapajou, a word derived from cayAiafon, the name of 

 ihtfc unlmals in Brafil, and which is pronounced fajouaffou. 



t Sagotii, a word derived from cngui, which is pronounced 

 fjgoui, and is the name of ihtfe animals in Brafil. 



