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some lofty tree, they make the forests resound with their 
hideous cries. There is a very beautiful and delicate 
little species, generally called, in this country, the 
lion monkey, but which is the silky monkey of Pen- 
nant (Midas rosalia). The hair is long, soft, glossy, 
and of a bright golden or chestnut orange. This 
elegant little creature is sometimes brought alive to 
England, but seldom survives during the winter. The 
real leonine monkey (MW. /eoninus) is also found in 
Brazil, but the fur is olive brown, and the face black. 
The disgusting baboons of Africa, and the large apes 
of Asia, are entirely excluded from the New World. 
The true ant-eaters, on ihe other hand, are found 
only in tropical America: there are three species, of 
which the great or maned ant-eater (Myrmecophaga 
jubata) is the largest. All the species are clothed with 
thick but cool hair ; whereas those of India, forming 
the genus Manis, ave covered with horny scales. The 
armadillos, again, are only to be found on this conti- 
nent ; and their vulgar name of hog-in- armour, is cha- 
racteristic at once of their affinity, and the peculiar 
defence which nature has given them. The Bra- 
zilians are particularly fond of these animals, which 
they hunt for food; and we can bear testimony to 
the delicacy of their flesh, which has all the white- 
ness and the savour of 
young pork. On the 
sides of the rivers are 
found the capibaras (Hy- 
drocerus Capybara, fig. 
28.). This animal, in 
shape, very much re- 
= sembles the Guinea-pig, 
but is Sony superior in size, measuring about three 
feet in total length: the feet are palmated or webbed, 
so that it dives or swims with perfect ease; and wher 
on land it often sits on its hind feet, like the squirrel. 
It is timorous, and seldom goes abroad during the day ; 
for although it swims well, it runs badly: they are said 
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