OEDEE OP QUADEUMANA. 



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Saint-Hilaire declares, however, that he has never seen these 

 aninjals using their tail to carry food to their mouth, as some 

 travellers assert. 



Dampierre and Dacosta relate that, to clear a river or to pass 

 from one tree to another, the Ateles hook on to each other 



Fig. 246.— Group of Spider Monkeys. 



by the tails, and thus form a long chain, to which they give 

 an oscillating movement towards the place they wish to reach, 

 until at last the end of the file is in a position to gain it. 

 The animal at the lower end being fixed, the one at the 



