46 SANGUN, AND SILKY MONKEY. 
Damp ier says, at low water they come to the 
sea-side to take muscles and perriwinkleg, which 
they dig out of the shelis with their claws 
Sanglxn, or s-triated monkey. 
This species is of a small size ; its body is only 
seven inches long. ; its. tail near eleven ; it weighs 
only about six ounces, and some not more than 
four and a half ; it inhabits Brasil, and feeds on 
vegetables ; but will also eat fish, snails, and 
insects : it has but a weak erv, from the sound of 
which Billion gives it the name of ourstiti ; it is a 
very livelv, restless, creature, and is often brought 
over to Europe ; its head is very round ; its ears 
are like the human ; but are concealed in a front 
view of the animal, by two very long tufts of 
white hair standing out on each side ; the i rides of 
its eyes are reddish ; its face is almost naked, of 
a swarthy flesh colour, with a white spot above 
its nose ; the head black ; the body ash coloured, 
reddish, and dusky ; the tail is full of hair, an- 
suilated with ash colour, and black, in alternate 
rings ; its hands and feet are covered with short 
hair ; its fingers are like those of a squirrel ; its 
nails, or claws rather, are sharp. 
They have produced young in Portugal, where 
the climate is found favourable to them ; and 
hence, it has been asserted, that they might be 
multiplied in the southern parts of Europe. 
Silky monkey. 
This species inhabits Guiana, is very lively, 
and when in a state of confinement, remarkably 
gentle. The length of its head and body is about 
ten inches ; its tail thirteen and a half ; a little 
bushy at the. end. Its constitution seems to be 
