CLEVERNESS AND MISCHIEF 
(bread, potatoes, fruit, etc.) with his hands, when thrown to him. Some- 
times the pieces fell short three or four feet. One day he seized his strap 
and began to throw it at the food, retaining his hold of one end. He took 
pretty correct aim, and finally drew the pieces to within reach of his hand. 
This performance he constantly repeats, hooking and pulling the articles 
to him, in turns and loops of the strap. Sometimes he loses his hold of 
the strap. If the poker is handed to him he uses that with some skill in 
the recovery of the strap. When this is drawn in he secures his food as 
before. 
“Here is an act of intelligence which must have been originated by some 
monkey, since no lower or ancestral type possesses the hand necessary for 
its accomplishment. Whether originated by Jack, or by some ancestor of 
the forest who used vines for the same purpose, cannot be readily ascer- 
tained.” 
Their smart doings as pets, and individuality, are the theme 
of innumerable stories. Belt ** descants upon the human-like 
behavior of a white-fronted capuchin he kept a long time: — 
“He had quite an extensive vocabulary of sounds, varying from a gruff 
bark to a shrill whistle; and we could tell by them, without seeing him, when 
it was he was hungry, eating, frightened, or menacing; doubtless one of his 
own species would have understood various minor shades of intonation and 
expression that we, not entering into his feelings and wants, passed over 
as unintelligible.”’ 
Closely related to the capuchins are the barrigudos, capar- 
ros, or woolly monkeys, which are of bulky form and clothed in 
a woolly under fur; the tail is long, prehensile, naked beneath, 
and exceedingly sensitive. They are slow, exclusively fru- 
givorous, are eaten by the Indians with great gusto, and “are 
great favorites, from their grave countenances, which resemble 
the human face more than those of any other monkey, their 
quiet manners, and the great affection and docility they ex- 
hibit.” Some rare species of southeastern Brazil connect them 
with the next genus, — the spider monkeys. 
These light, slender, exceedingly active and agile monkeys, 
called “coaitas” by the Brazilians, are among the most wide- 
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