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agility among the branches of the trees ; but the dif- 

 ferelit species always keep apart, and in separate dis- 

 tricts, never intermixing with each other*. 



This extensive genus is distinguished from all 

 others, by the animals having in each jaw four front- 

 teeth, placed near together ; the canine-teeth long- 

 er than the rest, and distant from them ; and the 

 grinders obtuse. 



Tlie tribe is usually divided into three sectiorls, 

 namely, Apes, Baboons, and Monkies. 



Apes are destitute of tails, they walk upright, 

 their posteriors are fleshy, their legs are furnished 

 with calves, and their hands and feet nearly resem- 

 ble those of men. In their manners they are, for the 

 most part, mild and gentle, and they imitate human 

 actions more readily than any of the others. — Ba- 

 boons have short tails ; they generally walk on all 

 fours, seldom going upright, except when con- 

 strained to it in a state of servitude. Some of them 

 are as tall as Men, have long faces, sunk eyes, and 

 are otherwise extremely disgusting. In their dis- 

 positions they are usually very sullen and ferocious. 

 — Monkies have tails in general longer than their 

 bodies. One.division of these, consisting of about ten 

 species, With prehensik ta'ih, that is, such as can be 

 twisted round any object, so as to answer the purpose 

 of an additional hand to the animals, is almost en- 

 tirely confined to America. — The Monkies are alto- 

 gether the most active and lively of the whole tribe ; 

 they are greatly addicted to thieving, and scarcely, 



* Kerr 1. 54. 

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