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it in a vignette ; fince he does not fay he faw it himfelf> 

 I muft take the liberty to doubt this fa6t and even what 

 he fays he witneffed. 



I muH here mention another monkey that I faw at Co- 

 lonel Fourgeoud's houfe, which is in Surinam called the 

 wanacoe, and. is covered over with long black hair, like 

 the quato ; but its limbs are fhorter and more hairy, and 

 its face is a kind of dirty white. This monkey is the 

 only one of the fpecies that is not fociabie, being con- 

 Itantly found alone; and fo defpicable is this folitary 

 animal, that he is continually beaten and robbed of his- 

 food by all the others, from whom he is too lazy to^ 

 efcape, though too cowardly to fight. 



Of the long-haired monkies, the faccawinkee is the 

 fmalleft ; indeed, I may fay of all the monkies in 



* It is moft probable, that Ulloa took 

 the account from Acofta's Hiftory of the 

 Weft Indies. This is his account, taken 

 from a tranflation printed in 1604. 



*' They leap where they lift, winding 

 « their tails about a branch to {hake it, 

 ** when they will leap farther than they 

 " can at once ; they ufe a pretty device,. 

 " tying themfelves by the tails one of 

 "another, and. by tliis means make as 

 " it were a chain of many, then do they 

 « launch themfelves forth." 



Acofta does not fay he faw this him- 

 felf ; but to the following he profelTes 

 he was an eye-witnefs. Thefe are his 

 words~"I/aw one in Carthagene, in. 



« the governor's houfe, fo taught, as the 

 " things he did feemed incredible. They 

 " fent him to the tavern for wine, put- 

 " ting the pot in one hand and the money 

 " in the other; they could not poflibly get 

 " the money out of his hand before he 

 " had his pot full of wine. If any chil= 

 " dren met him in the ftreet, and threw 

 " ftones at him, he would fet his pot down 

 " and caft flones againft the children, till 

 " he had aflured his way ; then would . 

 " he return to carry home his pot. And, 

 " which is more, although he were a good 

 " bibber of wine, yet he would never. 

 " touch it till leave was given him." 



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