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the great toe opposite the third and fourth toes, or opposite the se- 

 cond and fifth. The first, second, and fifth, would be a combination ; 

 the first, third, and fourth, would be a combination. In the monkeys 

 of the new world there is a totally different arrangement. It is inte- 

 resting to see how profoundly different these creatures are even in the 

 structures connected with the hand and foot. You see here (Fig. 2) one 

 tendon supplying half the first toe and the whole of the second, third, 

 and fourth ; half the first and the whole of the fifth are supplied 



Fig. I. Fig. 2. 



by the other muscle. Therefore in the South American monkeys, best 

 known by those beautiful little Capuchin monkeys, so called from their 

 monk-like appearance and the devout manner of crossing their hands 

 over their breasts, the natural action is to place the first and fifth toes 

 together, or the first, the second, third, and fourth. In the occupation 

 which is so common amongst them, and so useful to them, of gathering 

 up small living creatures from their skins, you will find, if you watch 

 the habits of these monkeys in our gardens, that they fully bear out the 

 anatomical theory I have explained. While the monkey of Africa 

 prefers to grasp with the first, second, and fifth toes, the monkey of 

 South America will show equal dexterity in seizing an object with the 



