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generally painted with red paint ; the Accra skins are 

 of the medium sorts. 



Black Monkey skins were formerly procured near the 

 coast, but now they have to be taken much farther 

 inland; they are to a great extent bartered with the 

 natives in exchange for British produce, such as trade- 

 guns, bad brandy, cheap and gaudy crockery, beads, 

 hair-oil, brass wire (drawn), etc. 



The skins are to a great extent used in Germany, but 

 some are used in the United States, Canada and Italy ; 

 they are mostly manufactured into muffs, the greater 

 length of fur at sides adapting them well for this 

 purpose ; a few are used for trimmings, and some are 

 occasionally dyed dark brown. The grey skin of the 

 rump is used for outsides of foot-muffs. 



BLACK MONKEY. 



Colobus ur sinus. 



Under the name of Black Monkey is another species 

 imported, viz., the Ursine Colobus ; it is rather smaller 

 than the White-thighed Colobus ; the fur is coarse, 

 harsh to the touch, and of little value ; the general 

 colour is black, except on the shoulders, where the hair 

 is of a yellowish- white colour. The legs and thighs are 

 black and the tail is long and white. There are not more 

 than 50 to 200 skins imported annually. 



The Ursine Colobus is an inhabitant of the district 

 near Sierra Leone. 



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