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thofe of the Dog, continually encreafing ; for it is very- 

 obvious, that, among the fmaller kinds of Monkies, the 

 chara&eriftic differences do not appear to be great, how- 

 ever they may vary in fize or in colour; and it is certain, 

 that the modes of living, faculties, and propenfities of 

 thefe animals, are ftrikingly fimilar: So that, if we rea- 

 fon from analogy on this fubje£r., we may fairly con- 

 clude, that different kinds of Monkies may unite and 

 propagate with the fame facility as the Goat and the 

 Sheep, or the almoft innumerable kinds of Dogs. 



The greater part of the cuts we have given of the Ba- 

 boons, Apes, and Monkies, we were fortunate in pro- 

 curing from living fubjetls, or drawings which might be 

 depended on : And it is to be lamented, that, amongft 

 the numbers that have been publifhed, fo few mould pof- 

 fefs that peculiar character fo obfervable in the various 

 members of this imitative tribe, which it is wholly im- 

 poffible to trace from a fluffed Ikin, void of every kind of 

 expreffion ; the mufcular parts, which mould convey the 

 idea of action, being generally ill fupplied, or entirely 

 wanting. 



