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fides, thefe animals are fo wild and mifchievous, 

 that they can neither be conquered nor tamed. 

 They bite crucily ; and, though not carnivorous, 

 they fail not to excite terror by their frightful 

 voice, and their ferocious afpe<fl. As they feed 

 only upon fruits, pot-herbs, grain, and fome in- 

 fers, their fleth is not bad eating *. ' The hilrit- 

 ' ers,' Oexmelin remarks, ' bring home in the 

 ' evening the monkeys they kill in the country 

 ' of Cape Gracias-a-Dio. They roaft one part 

 ' of thefe monkeys, and boil the other : The 

 ' fleih is good, and refembles that of the hare ; 

 M 2 • but 



* Monkeys are the moll common gatiie, and the mod a- 

 greeable to the t;ifte of tlie Amazon Indians. — Some of them 

 are as hirge as a greyhound ; Voyage fur la rivierf Je I' Ajnazone, 



par M^ de la Condavitne,p. 164 Cayenne is the country of 



monkeys. — When the reluitaiice at eating thetn is once over- 

 come, it is certain that their fli.ih is very good. It is vhite<. 

 and, though generally not overcharged with fat, it fails not 

 to be tender, delicate^ and well tailed. Fine foup is made cf 

 their heads, which are ferved up like boiled capons ; Foyagc ui: 



Dfmarchais, torn. 3. /i 311.1?/ 338. There are m^onkeys iu 



Cayenne of the fize of large dogs, and of a ieddifli colour. 

 They are called hoivUrs ; becaufe, when in troops, tliey make 

 a noife like a flock of hogs fighting. They infplie terror, 

 and have very large mouths. I. believe they are ferocious. 

 When the Savages fhoot thtmwith arrows, they extra;5l the 

 arrow out of their bodies with their hands, like a human 

 creature. The flefh of the howlers is very good< and re- 

 fembles mutton. One of them is a meal to fix perfons. They 

 have a horn in their throat, which renders their cries hideoris ; 



Voyage deBinet, p. 341 . The Achagua favages a! . 



tiver Oronoko are fond of the yellow Hlorikeys called ar,,!,,,, . 

 •which make an infupportahle noife every iporiiing and z\'i.:\- 

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