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YELLOWISH, AND GREEN MONKEY , 
probably from Africa. He also mentions another 
animal^ which he calls the prude; and which he 
thinks may possibly be related to the former. 
Yellowish monkey. 
This creature is of the size of a fox, has a black 
face, large black naked ears, and large canine 
teeth ; on the side of the cheeks, long hairs of a 
f >ale yellow, falling backward towards the head ; 
ong hairs above each eye ; the throat and breast 
of a yellowish white, and its upper parts cinereous 
mixed with yellow ; on the lower parts, and on 
the tail, the cinereous or ash colour predominates ; 
the hair on the body is coarse ; the tail is as long 
as the body. 
Green monkey, or calletrix. 
This monkey has a red flattish face, and & 
black nose ; the sides of its face are bounded by 
long pale yellow hairs, falling backwards like a 
mustache, and almost covering its ears, which are 
black, and shaped like those of the human face ; 
the head, limbs, upper part of the body, and tail, 
are covered with soft hairs of a yellowish green 
colour at their ends, of an ash colour at the roots ; 
the under side of the body and tail, and the inner 
side of the limbs, are of a silvery grey ; the tail 
is very long and slender ; the size of this monkey 
is equal to that of a small cat. 
Monkies of this species inhabit different parts 
of A frica ; they keep in great flocks, and live on 
trees in the woods, where they are almost entirely 
concealed by the leaves, and would scarce be 
noticed, were it not for the brariches which they 
break in their gambols ; though in these they 
