lyS THE OUARINE 



makes a howling noife. Hence thefe fapajous 

 have been diftinguilhed from all othefs by the 

 name oi hoivlers. We have never feen the ou- 

 arine, but have the fkin of an alouate, and like- 

 wife a dried foetus of the fame fpeciesy in which 

 the hone of the throat, the inftrument of the 

 great noife he makes, is already perceptible *. 

 According to Marcgrave, the ouarine hasa large 

 fquare face, blackand hrillianteyes, Ihort, round- 

 ifh ears, and a tail naked at the extremity, which 

 adheres firmly to every thing it can embrace. 

 The hair on the whole body is black, long, 

 fmooth and luftrous; that on the chin and 

 throat is longer, and forms a kind of round 

 beard ; and that on the hands, feet, and part of 

 the tail, is brown. The. femule is of the fame 

 colour with the male, and differs from him on- 

 ly by being final ler. The females carry their 

 young on then- back, and leap with them from 

 branch to branch, and from tree to tree. The 

 young embrace with their arms and hands the 

 narroweft part of the mother's body, and remain 

 firmly fixed as long as Ihe is in motion, Be- 



fides, 



* The alouate monkey is a favage animal, of a rcildilh bay 

 colour, very large, and, by means (ifilie fingiilar ftrudure ot' 

 the OS hyoides, makes a terrible rattling noife, which is heard 

 at a great dillante; Barrlre, Hi/). Franc. Equin. p. ijo. — liv 

 the ifland of St. George, under the Tropio, and about two 

 leatjues from the continent of America, there are monkeys as 

 large as calves, whiih make fuih a flrange noife, that people 

 who are rot accuftdmed to il think the monntains are fallin". 

 — They are exceedingly wild j'^'iSj^T^f ctGtvi///, /<j«. i.^. 15. 



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