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  Genl. 
  Char. 
  Face 
  naked, 
  flesh 
  color 
  ; 
  fur 
  coarse, 
  hair 
  long 
  ; 
  rudi- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  thumb 
  sometimes 
  present. 
  

  

  Color. 
  Entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  body, 
  limbs, 
  hands, 
  feet 
  and 
  tail. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  Skull 
  : 
  total 
  length, 
  118 
  ; 
  occipito-nasal 
  length, 
  98 
  ; 
  

   Hensel, 
  80; 
  zygomatic 
  width, 
  67; 
  intertemporal 
  width, 
  51; 
  palatal 
  

   length, 
  36; 
  breadth 
  of 
  braincase, 
  62; 
  median 
  length 
  of 
  nasals, 
  14; 
  

   length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series, 
  24 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  mandible, 
  71 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  

   lower 
  molar 
  series, 
  28. 
  Vertebrae 
  : 
  Cervical, 
  7 
  ; 
  Dorsal, 
  13 
  ; 
  Lumbar, 
  

   4; 
  Sacral, 
  3 
  ; 
  Caudal, 
  31. 
  

  

  Bates 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  Monkeys 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  

   of 
  Obydos, 
  refers 
  to 
  one 
  which 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  was 
  the 
  present 
  

   species, 
  but 
  called 
  pentadactylus 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  presence 
  in 
  the 
  

   individual 
  of 
  a 
  rudimentary 
  thumb. 
  He 
  states 
  that 
  one 
  species 
  of 
  

   Coaita 
  has 
  a 
  rudiment 
  of 
  thumb 
  without 
  a 
  nail. 
  The 
  flesh 
  of 
  this 
  

   monkey 
  is 
  much 
  esteemed 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Military 
  Commandant 
  of 
  Obydos, 
  Major 
  Gama, 
  every 
  week 
  

   sent 
  a 
  negro 
  hunter 
  to 
  shoot 
  one 
  for 
  his 
  table. 
  Coaitas 
  are 
  more 
  

   frequently 
  kept 
  in 
  a 
  tame 
  state 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  kind 
  of 
  monkey. 
  The 
  

   Indians 
  are 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  pets, 
  and 
  the 
  women 
  often 
  suckle 
  

   them 
  when 
  young 
  at 
  their 
  breasts. 
  They 
  become 
  attached 
  to 
  their 
  

   masters, 
  and 
  will 
  sometimes 
  follow 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  considerable 
  

   distances. 
  I 
  once 
  saw 
  a 
  most 
  ridiculously 
  tame 
  Coaita. 
  It 
  was 
  an 
  

   old 
  female 
  which 
  accompanied 
  its 
  owner, 
  a 
  trader 
  on 
  the 
  river, 
  in 
  all 
  

   his 
  voyages. 
  By 
  way 
  of 
  giving 
  me 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  its 
  intelligence 
  and 
  

   feeling, 
  its 
  master 
  set 
  to 
  and 
  rated 
  it 
  soundly, 
  calling 
  it 
  scamp, 
  heathen, 
  

   thief, 
  and 
  so 
  forth 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  copious 
  Portuguese 
  vocabulary 
  of 
  

   vituperation. 
  The 
  poor 
  monkey, 
  quietly 
  seated 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  be 
  in 
  sore 
  trouble 
  at 
  this 
  display 
  of 
  anger. 
  It 
  began 
  by 
  looking 
  

   earnestly 
  at 
  him, 
  then 
  it 
  whined, 
  and 
  lastly 
  rocked 
  its 
  body 
  to 
  and 
  fro 
  

   with 
  emotion, 
  crying 
  piteously, 
  and 
  passing 
  its 
  long 
  arms 
  continually 
  

   over 
  its 
  forehead, 
  for 
  this 
  was 
  its 
  habit 
  when 
  excited, 
  and 
  the 
  front 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  was 
  worn 
  quite 
  bald 
  in 
  consequence. 
  At 
  length 
  its 
  master 
  

   altered 
  his 
  tone. 
  It 
  is 
  all 
  a 
  lie 
  my 
  old 
  woman 
  ; 
  you're 
  an 
  angel, 
  a 
  flower, 
  

   a 
  good 
  affectionate 
  creature 
  and 
  so 
  forth. 
  Immediately 
  the 
  poor 
  

   monkey 
  ceased 
  its 
  wailing 
  and 
  soon 
  after 
  came 
  over 
  to 
  where 
  the 
  

   man 
  sat. 
  The 
  disposition 
  of 
  the 
  Coaita 
  is 
  mild 
  in 
  the 
  extreme; 
  it 
  

   has 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  restless 
  vivacity 
  of 
  its 
  kindred 
  the 
  Cebi, 
  and 
  no 
  trace 
  

   of 
  the 
  surly, 
  untamable 
  temper 
  of 
  its 
  still 
  nearer 
  relatives 
  the 
  Mycetes 
  

   or 
  Howling 
  Monkeys. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  an 
  arrant 
  thief 
  and 
  shows 
  con- 
  

  

  