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the animal, and its oblique and retrograde mode 

 of incession, it should seem rather to belong to 

 the genus Lemur than that of Simia; and seems, 

 in some degree, allied to the small species called 

 Lemurmurinus; but in that creature the tail is 

 villous, not bare as in the Camellian animal. 

 This, however, is a circumstance which does not 

 much invalidate the idea; since, in a mere outline, 

 the hairiness of the tail might not have been 

 expressed. ' 



We now arrive at the division containing those 

 species which are furnished with prehensile tails, 

 i. e. tails so constituted as to be able to clasp at 

 pleasure round any object, so as to answer the pur- 

 pose of a fifth hand. These Monkies are natives 

 of South America. 



PREACHER MONKEY. 



Simia Beelzebul. Lin. S. caudata barbata nigra, cauda preheu- 

 sili, extremo pedibusque brunneis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 37* 



Bearded black Monkey, with prehensile tail; the feet and tip of 

 the tail brown. 



Preacher Monkey. Pennant £>uadr. z 1 4. 



L'Ouarine. Buff. 15. p. 5. and suppl. 7.//. 26. 



This species is said to be of the size of a fox, and 

 of a black colour, with smooth glossy hair ; round 

 beard beneath the chin and throat : the feet and 

 end of the tail brown. It is a native of Brasil 

 and Guiana, inhabiting the woods in vast num- 

 bers, and howls in a dreadful manner. Marcgrave 



