BLACK MAUCAUCO. 
scraping or scooping teeth, in the front of the I 
mouth, below: bat I could drscover none to- { 
answer them on the upper side j there appeared J 
only a cavity to receive them. It had four | ' i 
do'g-teeth ; two above, and two beneath. The i J 
other teeth, farther within the mouth, were very j i 
jagged. The fur on the body and limbs was ! 
pretty long, thick, and soft, standing almost j 
ere6l on the skin. The hands were shaped i 
like those of Men or Monkies, having flac f 
nails. The feet were shaped as in Monkies r 
save that the great-toe, or thumb, was larger r 
and the next toe from the thmnb had a dog's li 
or sharp claw, the other four toes having flat I 
nails. The hinder legs were longer than the r; 
fore legs. The tail was longer than the whole n 
body; pretty bushy ; and nearly of an equal \\ 
thickness for it's wliole length. All the fur, H 
with the naked parts of the nose, and insides il, 
of the paws, was of a deep black. I was in-^ i- 
formed, that it was a female; but, having a il 
thick fur, and these animals differing from (a 
Monkies in the parts which distinguish the I 
sexes, they being more inward in the Mau- 
cauco tribe, I cannot pronounce, on my owr ^ 
knowledge, of which gender it was. It i; 
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