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'l is a beautiful Creature, very brisk and nimble in moti- 
on and loving 5 has a very long T^//, by w^hichit fufpends 
its Body, as does the OpoJJifm. 
The Squirrel kind on the fore Feet have 4 long Fingers, 
on the hinder five^and one like a Thmb. It makes uTe of 
Its fore Feet like Uands^ in holding up its Food to itb Mouth, 
and lives on Tvtt^^ij^^ do the Monkeys- But the affinity 
between the Moi^hey zvA Squirrel kind does better appear 
by fome Mo/^kej/s I have f t en, v^^hich i >n the Bellji have a 
large thick Furr, and a thick brufhy T^a/l likethe Squirrel^ 
whereas ufually on the Belly the ApeoLud. Mcmkey are thin- 
ner of Hair, and that on rheir Tail i. (horter. This Ibrt 
of Monkey I call therefore the S uirrel Monkty or Sciuro Pi" 
thecus^ and have made a figure of one of them. But its Face 
more refembled 2i Mans m m ^^pes, as likewile its Teeth^ 
and in thefe fefpecis is much diflferent from the Squirrel 
kind 
Nearer to the iS v/irre/ come the Al/7;//ekind, which in 
the fbape of icsHtW, thelon^^ I'eeth before, and thelaige 
and prominent Eyes ^moi^ relt nibk^thei'^/z/rre/ kiruJ , and 
makes ufe of itsy^^reFee/^as Hand^. in feeding its fe3f,where 
it has only 4 Fingers m itht^ut a ihumh^ but on its hinder 
has 5, of which ihe inward moft and outwardmolt are 
placed at a diftance from the Range of the 3 middle fin^ 
gers^ Hke 2 'Thumbs^ as may be obferved in fome of the 
Lizzard kind. 
Why we Ihould include the C^^ kind in the number 
of the Jnif^alia XH^-s^Ait!\v\ct Tome may queftion^ fince 
their fee^ ieem rounder, and to have rather T^?^^, than 
Fingers. But we may obferve that it ufes ns fore Feet like 
Hands in climbing and catching its Prey 5 and when it 
does fo, it exerts its C/^?^»?/ and lengthens ihern^ but when 
it ufts its Fee^ in going and running, it fhoitt ns them, that 
being nwjft convenient for that purpofe, ib ihat 'tis well 
provided for both, and itsDigiti arc of a middle nacure 
between Fingers and li^/, as they are lengthent^d or 
fliortnedf 
