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I also procured an animal which has caused not a little Fourth 



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speculation and astonishment. In my opinion, his thick 



coat of hair, and great length of tail, put his species out 

 of all question ; but then, his face and head cause the 

 inspector to pause for a moment, before he ventures to 

 pronounce his opinion of the classification. He was a 

 large animal, and as I was pressed for daylight, and 

 moreover, felt no inclination to have the whole weight of 

 his body upon my back, I contented myself with his head 

 and shoulders, which I cut off ; and have brought them 

 with me to Europe.* I have since found, that I acted 

 quite right in doing so, having had enough to answer for 

 the head alone, without saying any thing of his hands 

 and feet, and of his tail, which is an appendage, lord 

 Kames asserts, belongs to us. 



The features of this animal are quite of the Grecian 

 cast ; and he has a placidity of countenance which shows 

 that things went well with him when in life. Some gen- 

 tlemen, of great skill and talent, on inspecting his head, 

 were convinced that the whole series of its features has 

 been changed. Others again have hesitated, and betrayed 

 doubts, not being able to make up their muids, whether 

 it be possible that the brute features of the Monkey can 



* My young friend, Mr. J. H. Foljanibe, eldest son of Thomas 

 Foljarabe, Esq. of Wakefield, has made a drawing of the head and 

 shoulders of this animal, (see Frontispiece,) and it is certainly a most 

 correct and striking likeness of the original. 



