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gree of attachment*, but in general are endowed 
with mifchievous intellects : are filthy, bbfcehe, 
lafcivious, thieving : feed on fruits, leaves and in¬ 
fects : inhabit woods, and live in trees: in general 
are gregarious, going in vaft companies: the dif¬ 
ferent fpecies never mix with each other, always 
keep apart and in different quarters : leap with vaft 
activity from tree to tree, even when loaded with 
their young, which cling to them. Are the prey 
pf leopards, and others of the feline race *, of fer- 
pents, which purfue them to the fummit of the 
trees, and fwallow them entire. Are not carnivo¬ 
rous, but for mifchiefs fake will rob the nefts of 
birds of the eggs and young: in the countries where 
apes moft abound, the fagacity of the feathered 
tribe is more marvelloufly fhewn in their contri¬ 
vances to fix their neft beyond the reach of thefe 
invaders A 
Apes and parrots (the apes of birds) are more 
numerous in their fpecies than any other animals i 
their numbers and their different appearances made 
it neceffary to methodize and fubdivide the genus *, 
accordingly Mr. Ray firft diftributed them into 
three claffes s 
Simicsy Apes, fuch as wanted tails, 
Cercopithed , Monkies, fuch as had tails* 
And from the laft he formed another divifion, viz, 
Papiones , Baboons, thofe with fliort tails: 
to diftinguifh them from the common monkies, 
which have very long ones. 
From this Linn<eus formed his method; M. d? 
Buffon followed the fame; but makes a very judi- 
? Indian Zoology p. 7, viii. 
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