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bald, and wrinkled. The ears are 

 large, and of a human form, the eyes 

 deeply funk in their orbits, and the nofe 

 very much refembling that of a Negro,, 

 but fmaller. The body is near two feet 

 in length, and round the thorax about 

 eighteen inches in circumference. They 

 have neither beard nor tail. Thefe ani- 

 mals are frequently tamed, and in all 

 their actions demonftrate an uncommon 

 degree of art and dexterity, not with- 

 out a mixture of that mifchievous faga«* 

 city for which they are remarkable. 

 When their hands or fore feet are tied 

 behind the back, they will walk and run 

 in an ere 61 pofition for a whole day, 

 with the fame eafe and familiarity as 

 though they were in their natural po-V 

 flu re. When one of thefe animals is 

 beat, he immediately runs and climbs | 

 a lemon or orange tree ; and, if he is 

 purfued, will pick the lemons and oran- 

 ges, and drop them on the head of the 



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