ZOOLOGY. 



Xatural Division— CERCOPITHECA, or 

 SANGLIN MONKEY. 



Fourth Order — SAPAJUS, having prehensile Tail. 

 Species— SAPAJUS JACCHUS. 



ONE of the most extraordinary considerations which occur 

 to the human mind in the contemplation of nature, is the 

 singular resemblance to the human face which appears in 

 all the Monkey Tribes at present discovered : nor is the 

 similitude less striking in the form of their hands, feet and 

 bodies. 



Previously to a more particular description of the 

 present animal, it will be necessary perhaps to inform the 

 reader, that the Monkey Tribe may not improperly be 

 divided into four orders, according to their most striking 

 anatomical distinctions. 



First. The Simia or Ape, walking upright, having no 

 external tail, the large toe of the foot divaricated and stand- 

 ing short and separate from the rest. 



Secondly. The Baboons, walking oblique, having in 

 general a short tail, the nose horizontally placed like that of 

 a dog, in their nature fierce and untr actable. 



Thirdly. The Monkies distinguished by a round 

 face and a long tail, covered with hair. 



Fourthly. The Sapajus, or Prehensile Monkey, hav- 

 ing a long tail, capable of hanging thereby to different 

 bodies, and by coiling this round the boughs of trees or 



