But it is time that we 

 tJi-ned our attention to the 

 specimen before us. In case 

 one, we find a miscellaneous 

 collection of monkeys, brouglit 

 from various portions of the 

 globe ; but as a descrip- 

 tion of one will serve as a 

 descriptior. of the whole class, 

 we shall content ourselves 

 with confining uur attention 

 to the specimen chosen by our 

 artist. This is the black Ou- 

 rang, a native of Africa, and 

 particularly the Guinea coast 

 and Angola ; they are said to 

 live ia vast troops, and to be 

 dangerous in their attacks upon 

 persons travelling alone in tlie 

 forests where tliey are to be 

 found. They are covered with 

 shining black hair, longest on t he back and shoulders. A 



writer of reputed veracity states, that an African ourang 

 once carried oft' a young negro, who lived during an entire 

 season in tlie society of tlipse animals, and, on his return, 

 reported that they had never injured him, but, on the con- 

 trary, seemed greatly dfliglitcd with liis company ; and 

 that females, especially, evinced a great partialjty for him, 

 and not only brought liim abundance of nuts and wild 

 fruits, but actually defended him ia tlie most careful 

 and courageous manner from the attacks of serpents and 

 beasts of prey. AV'e must not omit to state that the form 

 of the oxjrang's body and limbs more apjjroaches the 

 human than that of any other animal, but it is distin- 

 guished from man by greater depression of the forehead 

 and inferiority in the relative volume of tlie brain. 



Passing onwards we observe many that have what 

 are called preliensile tails, with whicli tliey lay hold of 

 branches, and thus in climbing liave all the advantages 

 of a fifth arm. It is a circumstance calling foi- notice, 

 that tlie monkeys which are natives of America differ 

 from those found in the other (juarters of the globe, in 

 having longer tails, no pouches in their cheeks, and the 



