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The howling baboon is about the size of a fox, covered 

 with smooth black hair ; its ears are smaller, and its eyes not 

 so deep as those of the quato, and it has a long black beard; 

 the tail is covered with hair, excepting at the end. These 

 animals are very numerous. They sometimes assemble in 

 large numbers, and set up the most disgusting yell imaginable, 

 which they keep up for a long time. This happens almost 

 always before rain, and is a sure sign of its coming, as is also 

 the croaking of frogs. 



The saccawinkee is the smallest monkey that has been found 

 here. The whole trunk is about six inches long ; its head 

 is small, its ears are round, its nose is flat, its eyes promi- 

 nent and black, and its face covered with fine white hair; 

 its body is cloathed with long black hair, whitish at the end ; 

 its tail is about nine inches long, and covered with long black 

 hair. These animals are frequently tamed, but never live 

 longer than a few months. 



There are two species of the sloth here, one called the ai, 

 the other the unan. The ai is about the size of a fox, and is 

 covered by bushy hair of a dirty grey colour ; its hind legs 

 are much shorter than its fore, by which formation it is as- 

 sisted in climbing trees ; each foot has three long sharp claws, 

 by which it clings to branches ; its head is round, and it has 

 a very large mouth in proportion to the size of the head ; its 



