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, FAIR MONKEY, AND PREACHER* 
MlCO, OR FAIR MONKEY* 
This is a rare species, and reckoned the most 
beautiful of the smaller monkies. Its face and ears 
are of the most lively vermilion ; its body is covered 
with long hairs, of a bright and silvery whiteness ; 
its shape of matchless elegance ; its tail of a 
shining dark chesnut ; its head and body are eight 
inches long ; its tail twelve. It inhabits the banks 
of the river of Amazons, and was discovered by 
M. de Condamine, who brought one of them al- 
most in sight of the French coast ; but it could 
no longer bear the inclemency of the climate, t© 
which it then fell a victim. 
MONKIES WITH PREHENSILE TAILS, 
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Preacher, or beelzebub* 
The monkies of this species are as large as a 
fox ; they have black shining eyes, short round 
ears, and a round beard under the chin and throat ; 
the hair on their bodies is of a shining black, 
long, yet lies so close that the animal appears 
quite smooth ; the feet and the end of the tail 
are brown ; the tail is very long, and is always 
twisted at the end. 
Several authors corroborate the evidence of 
Margrave, a writer of the first authority, and a 
most able naturalist, who resided long in the 
Brasils where these creatures abound. He speaks 
from his own knowledge, and tells us, that morn-t- 
ing’ and evening they assemble in the woods ; that 
one mounts upon a higher branch, while the rest 
