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CHAP. CL PL A. 3ir.* 
e Thz Middle-fized Black Monkey. 
T HIS Monkey was about the fize of 
a large Cat, of a gentle nature in 
refpedt to hurting any one. He loved 
playing with a Kitten, as mod: Monkies 
do. He was a little vicious, according to 
their nature, being a male. 
His head was pretty round ; the fkin of 
the face of a tawny flefh-colour, thinly 
covered with black hair: the ears were 
fhaped like the human : the eyes were of 
a reddifh hazel colour, with black pupils. 
The hair was long above the eyes, and the 
eye-brows joined together; it was alfo 
long on the temples, which partly covered 
the ears. The head, back, arms, legs 
and tail, were covered with pretty long 
loofe dufky black hair, not very harfh, or 
over foft. His breaft, belly, &c . was al- 
moft bare of hair, of a dufky flefh-colour, 
with two nipples on the breaft. The four 
paws were all of them formed fomething 
like a human hand ; they are covered with 
black foft fkin, having little or no hair on 
them; the nails are flat. The Cat is added 
only to decorate the figure. 
This Monkey was prefented to me by 
my obliging friend Mr. George Cope, of 
Stratford in Eflex. I am informed he is 
a native of Guiney, on the coaftof Africa. 
He was a very adtive, lively, diverting, 
good-natured animal : but I was obliged 
to part with him for want of convenient 
room ; for which reafon I prefented him 
to a right honourable Lord in Eflex, who 
has a convenient menagery at .a diibmcQ 
Le Singe noir de moyenne Groffeur. 
/^E Singe etoit a pen pres de la faille dim 
^ gros Chat ; il etoit d'un naturel doux , 
ne faifant de mal d perfonne ; il aimoit d 
jouer avec l'un ou F autre fexe, comme font 
la plufpart des Singes. C' etoit un male ; 
il etoit impeu vicieux, felon leur natureL 
Sa the etoit ajfez ronde ; la peau de fon 
v if age etoit dune couleur de chair rembruniy 
couverte de poils noirs ajfez clair femez : 
les oreilles etoient faites comme celle de 1 horn- 
me: les yeux etoient dune couleur de noifette 
rougeatre y avec les paupieres noires . Le 
poil etoit long audejfus des yeux 9 et les four - 
dls fe joignoient ; il [etoit long aujji fur les 
templesy et couvroit en partie les oreilles . 
La fete, le dos t les jambes de devant et de 
derriere t et la queue , etoient converts daf- 
fez long poil dun brun noirdtrey qui n etoit 
ni trop doux ni trop rude . La poitrine , le 
ventre y See . etoient prefque fans poil 9 dune 
couleur de chair rembruniy ayant des bouts 
de fein d la poitrine . Les quatre pates etoient 
faites d pen pres comme la main de F homme 9 
etant convert es dune peau douce et noire pref- 
que fans poil ; les ongles etoient plats . Le 
Chat neft ajoute que pour orner la figure . 
Ce Singe me jut donne par mon bon ami 
Mr. George Cope 9 de Stratford en Efiew 
J'ai appris quit ejl natif de Guinee 9 J'ur la 
cote dAfi'rique . C' etoit un animal fort vifi 
fort atlify et fort divertijfanty et dun 
bon naturel : mats je jus oblige de men 
defaire , faute de place convenable. Je 
le donnai done d un noble Seigneur en Efex, 
qui a une menagerie propre d recevoir de 
tels anifnaux d quelque dijlance de fa tnai - 
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