OF THE MONKEY TRIBE, 
SAMI A. 
Fore teeth in each jaw , four standing close ; Ca- 
nine teeth solitary, longer than the fore teeth , 
close to the grinders in the upper jaw , and to 
the fore teeth in the under; The grinders obtuse ; 
Four hands . 
Apes of all animals have the nearest resemblance to 
man, in the figure of the body, and in the structure of its 
parts. The face is in general smooth. Both eye-lids are 
furnished with cilias ; the external ear is exceedingly 
like the human ; but they differ from him sufficiently 
in their prominent faces and [long muzzles ; in the par- 
ticular bones in which the fore teeth are inserted, and in 
their lips, which are thin and turned inwards. Some of 
them have the buccae saccate, or a sort of pouch in the 
cheeks for holding their food ; and many have likewise 
callosities on their buttocks. 
All Apes are natives of the country between the tropics. 
They go in troops, and feed chiefly on fruits and grain; 
some of them however on animal matters. Their natural 
drink is water. The females of many Apes are subject to 
a menstrual discharge. 
This genus is divided into four sections, viz. 
1. Apes without a tail, or Apes properly so called. 
2. Apes with a short tail, or Baboons . 
3. Apes with a long tail, or Monkeys . 
4. pes with a prehensile tail, or S ipijous . 
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