86 MAMMALIA—OUISTITI. 
having, like the macaque, that peculiar smell. They belong to the sapajou 
family, as they havea holding tail; they have only two teats, and bring 
forth but one or two atatime. They are gentle, docile, and so timorous, 
that their common cry, which resembles that of the cat, is dwindled down 
to a kind of sighing, when they are threatened. Their food, in this climate, 
18 principally snails and beetles, which they prefer before any other; but in 
their native country of Brazil, they chiefly live upon grain, and the wild 
fruit they pluck from trees, whence they very seldom descend till they have 
stripped their habitation of its treasure. 
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THE, STRIATED MONKEY, OR OUIST#III2 
' Tur name of this animal is taken from the sound of its voice. It. is not 
above six inches long, and its tail more than double that length, which is 
annulated black and white, like the macaucq. Its face is naked, and of a 
flesh color. It has two very singular tufts of long white hair on the fore 
part of the ears, which, although very large, cannot be seen by looking at 
the full face of this animal. Mr Edwards says, that, when it is in good 
health, it has much hair and tufted; that one of those which he saw, and 
which was healthy, fed on several things, as biscuits, fruit, pulse, insects, 
snails; and, being one day unchained, he struck ata little gold fish which 
was ina glass globe, killed it, and devoured it with the greatest avidity ; 
that afterwards, some small eels being put before him, he was frightened 
when they twisted about his neck, but that he soon conquered and ate them. 
It is a great enemy'to cats. These animals, when young, have an ugly 
appearance, having scarcely any hair on their bodies. They cling closely 
to the teats of their dam; and as they grow older, they fix themselves on 
1 Jacchus vulgaris. This genus has four upper and four lower incisors; two upper and 
two lower canines ; six upper and six lower molars. Incisors and canines variable in their 
dimensions. Molars with a crown, furnished with sharp tubercles; head round, muzzle 
short; occiput prominent; tail longer than the bedy, soft, and entirely covered with hair; 
feet pentadactyle; thumb of the anterior hands not opposable; nails very long, compressed, 
arched, and pointed. 
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