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THE FOUR FINGERED MONKEY *. 



The Four-fingered Monkey is an inhabitant of 

 several [arts of South America. Its length is about 

 eighteen inches from the muzzle to the rump, ex- 

 clusive of the tail, which is near two feet long. — ■ 

 These are bold and active animals, full of gambols 

 and griniace ; and in disposition very mild and do- 

 cile. From their numbers and activity they enliven 

 the dreary forests of America. — They sometimes, 

 from want of better food, eat fish, which BufFon 

 tells us they catch with their tails. One that was 

 in a cage, laid hold, in one of its frolicks, of a 

 squirrel in this manner, that had been put to it as a 

 companion. By the familiarity, and even the ca- 

 resses of this animal, it obtained the affection of all 

 those who attended \t-\-. — When the fore-paws are 

 tied behind their back, these Monkies will walk or 

 run on their hind feet for almost any length of time, 

 with the same ease and familiarity as if this was 

 their n:itural posture. Although they are easily 

 tamed, and in all their actions exhibit nn uncomm.on 

 degree of art and dexterity, tliey are not always 

 without a mixture of that inischievous sagacicy for 

 which the whole tribe is remarkable. — We are told 

 that, in their own country, when one of them is 

 beaten, he will immediately climb, with the utmost 

 agility, a lemon or an orange tree. If he is pur- 



* Synonyms.— Simia panlscus. L/«;,'.— Quato. Bana'ofL—S-pidcr 



Jiloiikey. /■J<7r:7.'r./.v.— Coalta. Buffon. — Z\Iicoo ? Stcdman ShcJs^ 



Gen. Zoo!, pi. 28. 



t BulT. Quad. viii. 184, 100. 



