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fggi fiovtt- CcrcopitJhcctis major nigcr, faci- Le. Bekebut. Bri/Jcn quad, 
M’NdEkEtb cmhumanarnrefercns. Quouata* Simla Panifcns. S. caudata 1 
EarrcrO France JEquin . 150. berbis atra, cauda prehenfili, ad 
Quato Bancroft Guiana , 131. apic^m fubtus nuda. Lin. fyjl. 37»j 
Ccrcopithecus in peclibus ante- Lc Coaita de Buffon xv. 16. 
riobivs pollice carens cauda infe- Spider Monkey ; Edqv. Gleanings. 
rids apicem verfus pilis deftitiita. III. 222. BtfMuf 
M. with a long fiat face, of a fwarthy fiefh color : 
eyes funk in the head : ears like the human : limbs 
of a great length, and uncommonly fiender: hair i 
blacky long and rough : only four lingers on the 
hands* being quite deftitute of a thumb : five toes 
on the feet: nails flat i tail long* and naked below, 
near the end : body fiender: about a foot and a 
half long: tail near two feet, fo prehen file as to 
ferve every purpofe of a hand. 
Inhabits the neighbourhood of Carlhagena , Gui* 
ana , BrafiU and * Peru : afiociate in vaft herds : 
fcarce ever are leen on the ground. Damper ** 
defcribes their gambols in a lively manner : 4 There 
* was, fays he, a great company, dancing from 
4 tree to tree over my head, chattering and making 
* a terrible noife, and a great many grim faces and 
4 antick geftures; fome broke down dry fticks and 
‘ flung them at me, others fcattered their urine and , 
4 dung about my ears *, at I aft one bigger than the 
4 reft came to a final! limb juft over 4 my head, and 
4 leaping direftly at me, made me leap back, but 
4 the monkey caught hold of the bough with the 
4 tip of his tail, and there continued fwinging to 
# De-BupHy xv. 21, ** Very. II. 60. 
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