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moft delicate *, and the moft difficult to trani- 

 port and preferve. From thefe charafters, and 

 particularly from that of the tail, which is on- 

 ly half-prehenfile, and, though not fo mufcular 

 as that of the fapajous, is not abfolutely ufelefs 

 and flaccid, the faimiri feems to form the fliade 

 between the fapajous and the fagoins. 



Dyi'inftivc Chambers of this Species. 



The fli'imiri has neither cheek-pouches nor 

 callofnies on the buttocks. The partition ot 

 his noftrils is thick, and their apertures are pla- 

 ced at a fide, not under the nofe. He may be 

 Jaid to have no fore-head. His hair is of a 

 brilliant yellow colour ; and he has two flefli- 

 coloured rings round his eyes. His nofe is ele- 

 vated at the bafe, and flattened at the point. 

 The mouth is fmail, the face is flat and naked; 

 and the ears are garnifhed with hair, and a little 

 pointed. The tail is half-prehenfile, and longer 

 than the body. From the point of the muzzle 

 to the origin of the tail, he exceeds not ten or 

 eleven inches in length. He ftands with eafe 

 on his two hind legs ; but he commonly walks 

 on four. The female is not fubjedl to the men- 



les. ■ 



The 



• Tlie Cayenne fiipajou is a yellowilh monkey. It h;is l;irge 

 eyes, a while face, a black chin, and a flender frame. It is 

 alci t and carefTing ; but it is equally injured by cold as the 

 fagoins ot Drafil; Rclat, du voxage de Gemes,p.ir Froger, p. 163. 



