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The OUSTITI, or CAGVI, 



is ftill {mailer than the Tamarin; its head and body not 

 exceeding feven inches in length : Its tail is long, bufliy, 

 and, like that of the Macauco, marked with alternate 

 rings of black and am colour ; its face is naked, of a 

 fwarthy flefh colour ; ears large, and like the human ; 

 body beautifully marked with dufky, am-coloured, and 

 reddifli bars ; its nails are fharp ; and its fingers like 

 thofe of a Squirrel. 



The Ouftiti inhabits Brazil; feeds on fruits, vegeta- 

 bles, infers, and fnails ; and is fond of fifli. 



Mr Edwards gives a defcription of one of thefe ani- 

 mals, accompanied with an excellent figure. — He fays, 

 that, one day being at liberty, it darted upon a fmali 

 gold-fifti that was in a bafon, which it killed and devour- 

 ed with avidity ; and that afterwards fmall eels were 

 given to it, of which it feemed at firft afraid, from their 

 twirling themfelves round its neck; but that it foon over- 

 came and eat them.— He likewife fays, that the Ouftiti 

 produced young ones in Portugal, which at firft were 

 extremely ugly, having hardly any hair on their bodies. 

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