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except that there are more downy white hairs on ths 
male than on the female ; the marks and features 
are the fame in both ; their voices are fmall and 
fhrill ; and they are alike in all other refpe&s but the 
fex ; and altho’ the claws are like thofe of a bird 
having hooked nails, pointed at the end of every fin- 
ger of the upper extremities, the thumb of each in- 
ferior extremity in male and female is flat like the 
human, and has a flat nail. 
Mr. Hyde feeds his monkey fome times with roafled 
chefnuts r fometimes in fummer with fweet fruits, as 
goofeberries when thorough ripe, plums, cherries, 
and fuch-like ; but he will not touch currants, be- 
caufe of their acidity. He feems very fond of the 
fmaller fpiders and their eggs; but not the larger 
forts ; nor will he touch the great blue-bottle fly, 
tho’ he greedily eats the fmall common flies. He 
frequently has a diarrhoea ;. and once, by accident, it 
was found, that he feem’d to love a gum, call'd gum- 
fenega, which he feeds on with eagernefs, and it 
never fails to cure him; fo that he gives it to him 
now only occafionally. Another kind of diet, which 
I faw him eat, was young fnails; of which he eats 
three a day. 
I have chofen the figure of the male to be engraved 
for the TranfaEiicns, put into fuch an attitude, as will 
befl: fhew the penis and ferotum. They are placed 
nearly in the fame fituation with thofe of a dog; but 
moft refemble thofe of human nature, being naked 
of hair, having a fair foft flefh-colcur’d fkin, very 
tender and taper towards the end of the penis , which 
is altogether as prominent from the body as the hu- 
man, . The feminine part of generation of this lpecies 
confifls 
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