ST. JAGO MONKEY. 
had it ; because it shed all it's teeth, as young, 
people do, one after another, which soon 
grew again. It's ears, in situation and shupe, 
nearly resembled the human ; their skin was 
black. On the sides of the face, it had pretty 
long light -coloured, or dusky -white hairs, 
which fell backward over the ears, and partly 
covered them. Above the eyes, in the place 
of eye-brows, it had a few long black hairs. 
The top of the head, upper side of the neck, 
back, and outside of the limbs, was of a yel- 
lowish green colour : the ends of the hairs 
being green, and the roots of a dark ash- 
colour, made a mixture, in which the green 
was predominant. The under side of the 
body, and the inner side of the limbs, were 
covered with a white, or silver-coloured, hair ; 
shorter, and thinner set, than that on the back : 
this different colour went to the end of the tail ; 
it's upper side being greenish > and the under 
white. All the paws were shaped a little like 
human hands, with flat nails. I believe, the 
whole genera of Monkevs have only two nip- 
ples, or teats, placed nearly as those on the 
breasts of women ; which is a strong argum.ent, 
to me, that Monkeys bring forth but one or 
two 
