PHILIPPINE MONKEY. 69 
It appears but seldom by clay-tiine^ and on that 
account is supposed to be dim-sighted by day. 
It commonly moves by springing or skipping^ 
and that more readily either backwards or ob- 
liquely than forwards. It is said to live on char- 
coal, &c. but this is false*, since it feeds on the 
Indian fig and other fruits. 
^' A represents it sitting, and eating with its 
right hand, like a Monkey. 
B, shews it climbing a tree. 
C, sitting in the manner it appears when 
frighted. 
D, walking, with its young, which it carries 
tied to its belly, while sucking, with twigs of a 
climbing plant, called Pamago, and which the 
Indians recommend as good against relapses into 
sickness." 
A description so particular seems to imply that 
Camelli had himself seen the animal, or, at least, 
that his authority was unquestionable. It is^ 
however, a singular circumstance that no farther 
intelligence seems to have been obtained concern- 
ing it, and the species accordingly remains du- 
bious. From some parts of the description, viz. 
the protuberant eye, the nocturnal appearance of 
* There was surely no occasion for Camelli to tell us that this is 
false. To live on charcoal is probably a popular saying or jest 
among the Indians. When the Chinese mountebanks were ha- 
ranguing the people in the streets of Pekin, during the procession 
of the English embassy, they affirmed that among the presents for 
the emperor were an elephant of the size of a monkey, and a cock 
that fed upon charcoal. 
