434 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS, 



the under part of which is generally covered with a 

 fmooth naked fkin : The animal can coil it up or extend 

 it at pleafure, fufpend itfelf by its extremity on the 

 branches of trees, or ufe it as a hand to lay hold of any 

 thing it wants. The tails of all the Sagoins, on the con- 

 trary, are longer than thofe of the Sapajous, ftraight, 

 flaccid, and entirely covered with hair. — This difference 

 alone is fufficient to diftinguim a Sapajou from a Sagoin. 



We now proceed to the hiftory and defcription of the 

 moft remarkable of this numerous race. 



The OUARINE, or PREACHER, 



is the largeft of all the American Monkies, being about 

 the fize of a large Fox. Its body is covered with long 

 fmooth hair, of a mining black colour, forming a kind of 

 ruff round the animal's neck: Its tail is long, and always 

 twifted at the end. 



Great numbers of thefe Monkies inhabit the woods of 

 Brazil and Guiana ; and, from the noife they make, are 

 called Howling Monkies. Several of them affemble toge- 

 ther •, and placing themfelves in a kind of regular order, 

 one of them begins firft with a loud tone, which may be 

 heard to a great diftance ; the reft foon join in a general 

 chorus, the moft difibnant and tremendous that can be 

 conceived : On a fudden they all ftop, except the firft, 

 who finimes fingly ; and the aflembly breaks up. 



Thefe Monkies are faid to be very fierce, and fo wild 

 and mifchievous, that they can neither be conquered nor 



tamed.- They feed on fruits, grain, herbs, and fome- 



times infeds; live in trees, and leap from bough to 

 bough with wonderful agility, catching hold with their 



