as the fingers, is long. Large companies inhabit
the woods of Guiana; on the intrusion of man,
curiosity impels them to come down to the lower
branches to examine him, when they try to frighten
him away. They are easily domesticated, and manifest much intelligence. D’ Acosta, in his History
of the West Indies, says of one belonging to the
governor of Carthagena; ‘They sent the Quata
to the tavern for wine, putting the pot in one
hand, and the money in the other: they could not
possibly get the money out of his hand before his
pot was full of wine. If any children met him in
the street, he would set his pot down and cast
stones among the children till he had assured his
way; then would he return to carry home his pot.
And what is more, though he was a good bibber of
wine, yet would he never touch it, till leave was given him."
Family III. Lemuridæ.
(Macaucos or Fox-monkeys.)
In this Family the form closely approaches that of quadrupeds; the muzzle is lengthened and pointed, and the nostrils are terminal: the thumbs of all the extremities are well developed and opposible, but the index finger of the hind hands bears a narrow pointed claw, while all the rest have broad nails. The number of teeth varies in different genera; the molars begin to exhibit sharp tubercles, which catch in each other, as among the Insectwora.
Most of the members of this family are peculiar to Madagascar, but some inhabit the African
