ST. JAGO MONKEY. 
The St. Jago Monkey, is the Simia Sabaea, 
of Linnaeus ; the Simius CaUitrichus, of Prosper 
Alpiniis ; the Calhtrix, of BuiFon; and the 
Green Monkey, of Pennant. 
We have taken both the name and figure 
of Edwards ; who says — This Monkey is 
often called the Green Monkey, and known 
to us by that name. Our seamen generally 
eall them St. Jago Monkeys ; they being- 
brought from St. Jago, one of the Cape de 
Verde Islands, lying oiF the Cape de Yerde, 
on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Atlantic 
Ocean, from fifteen to eighteen degrees of 
north latitude. It was of the size of the smallei; 
kind of Domestic Cat. It's head is as round 
as a human head. " It's face is void of hair, 
and the skin which covers it is of the colour 
of the paler sort of African negroes. The 
eyes are bright hazel-coloured^ with black 
pupils, shewing no white. The nose is flat. 
It would often grin, and shew it^s white teeth <. 
It was, I believe, very youngj when I first 
had 
