roUR-FINGERED MONKEYe 
a half in lengtji ; and it*s tall is longer than the 
body and head together. It walks on four 
feet. The Female is not subject to any pe- 
riodical evacuation. 
I saw one of them at the palace of the 
Duke De Bouillon.; where, by it's familiarity, 
aiid even it's caresses, it procured the affection 
of those to whose charge it was committed. 
But, notwithstanding all the care and attention 
which it received, it v^as unable to resist the cold 
of the winter 1764. I saw a nother in the house 
of the Marquis' De MontmiraiL This was a 
Male, and the other a Female. Both were 
equally tractable aiKl well tamed. Hence this 
Sapajou, by it's mild and docile disposition, dif- 
fers much from the Ouarine, and" Alouate, whQ 
are so wild that no art can tame them, it dif- 
fers, indeed, from all the other Sapajous, by 
having only four fingers on it's hands: this 
cliaracter, and it's prehensile tail, easily distin- 
guish it from the Monkeys ; who have all five 
fingers, and a flaccid tail." 
Pennant tells us, that the Four-Fingered 
Monkeys inhabit the neighbourhood of Car- 
thagena, 
