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or fcooping teeth in the front of the mouth
below:   but I could difcover none  to
anfwer them on the upper fide; there
appeared only a cavity to receive them. It
had four dog-teeth, two above, and two
beneath: the other teeth further within
the mouth were very jagged. The furr
on the body and limbs was pretty long,
thick, and foft, fianding almoft ereft on
the ILin : the hands were fhaped like
thofe of men or monkies, having flat
nails: the feet were fhaped as in monkies,
fave that the great toe, or thumb, was
larger, and the next toe from the thumb
had a dog's, or (harp claw, the other four
toes having flat nails. The hinder legs
were longer than the fore legs. The tail
was longer than the whole body, pretty
bufhy, and nearly of an equal thickness for
its whole length. All the furr, with the
naked parts of the nofe and infides of the
paws, was of a deep black.
I was informed, that it was a female;
but having a thick furr, and thefe animals
differing from monkies in the parts which
diflinguifli the fexes, they being more
inward in the Maucauco tribe, I cannot
pronounce, on my own knowledge, of
which gender it was. It is now living,
(A. D. i5) and is the property of Mr.
Critington, Clerk to the Society of Sur-
geons, London, who favoured me with
the ufe of it at my own houfe, to take a
drawing at my leifure. It feemed to be a
feeder on vegetables: while I had it, it eat
cakes, bread and butter, and fummer fruits,
it being in July. I did not try it with flefh
meat. It fits up like a monkey when it
feeds, holding its food in its fore paws or
hands.
forme de gouge dans le devant de la machoire
infc'rieure, mais on n' en decouvre point dans
la fupe'rieure qui y  reponde; on n'y    vozt
qu une cavite' pour les recevoir.  I a quatre
dents canines, deux en baut et deux en bas;
les autres dents, qui font plhs avant dars
la gueule, font fort ineg'ales. Le poil tant
die corps que des membres eft afez long, medi-
ocrement epais, et fort doux; il eJI prefque
perpendiculaire fur la peau. Les pates de
devant font faites comme celles des finges,
femblables a' des mains, avec des ongles plats;
les pates de derriere dzfferent de celles des
finges, en ce que le gros orteil ou /e pouce e/l
plus gros, et que le doigt pres du poulce a
une grif  pointuW comme un chien; les quatre
autres doigts ont des ongles plats. Les jarn-
bes de derriere font plus longues que ce/les de
devant.   La queue cl p/us longue que tout le
corps, aJez to&fe, et a peu pr's de la ;nbe
gro/eur d'un bout a' 'autre.   Toute la fur-
rure, avec Zes parties nues du nez et le dedans
des pates, font d' u  noir de jais.
On m' a dit que ce/ni-ci etoit jemelle; mais
commne ces animaux ont le poil fort epais, et
qu' i/s dif,#rent des finges par les parties qui
di/1inguent les fixes, les ayant beaucoup plus
retirees, je ne juis pas en ttat de prononcer
fir fon fixe, par connoif/ance de cauft. Il
ß12 aiuellement vivant (1755)      entre les
mains de Mr. Critington, Clerc de la Societe'
des Chirurgiens a' Londres, qui a hien voulu
me le co? fier chez moi, pour l'y deyiner a" mon
aje.   II m'a paru qu'ilfef nozuri it de le-
gumes. Durant le temps que je 1' es, il zecut
de gateaux, de beurces, et de fr-uits d'ette',
car c''toit en 'fuillet. :',e in'ofai rifquer de
lui prifenter i/e la viande.  I/ s' a/lied comme
un Jinge pour manger, tenant di/ens /es mains
ou pates dei devant c} qu'il mange.