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and feet, and are rather deliberate in their motions, and 

 exceedingly tame and affectionate in captivity. They are 

 great eaters, and are usually very fat. They are found 

 only in the far interior of the Amazon valley, and, having 

 a delicate constitution, seldom live long in Europe. These 

 monkeys are not so fond of swinging themselves about by 

 their tails as are the spider monkeys, and offer more 



Fig. 35.— Humboldt's woolly monkey {Lagothvix Humbohltii). 



opportunities of observing how completelj^ this organ takes 

 the place of the fifth hand. When walking about a 

 house or on the deck of a ship the partially curled tail is 

 carried in a horizontal position on the ground, and the 

 moment it touches anything it twists round it and brings it 

 forward, when, if eatable, it is at once appropriated ; and 

 when fastened up the animal will obtain any food that may 

 be out of reach of its hands with the greatest facility, 



