A P P E N D IX .
through the woods he frightened a female baboon so much, that the young
tone dropt down from ^her back/whkhihfe immediately »secured ; Q4e old
one returned in a moment and shewed the greatest anxiety! to get it again;
the negro presented the little one to' her with one hand, whilst he hid
behind him in the other a strong stick, and when the female at last, came
down, from-the tree to take the young one, he gave her such a.blow.with
the stick that it soon died. I saw the skin o f the old one, and the! young
one alive ; it was o f the size o f a full grown squirrel,'and of-a chesnut
colour ; but it died a, few days after-it was taken ; and it is said/ thatütfbis;
species o f sapajou never lives long in confinement, Mw
The Brown Sapajou, of which the face, arms, and tail/.are>bfaök, is in
general of the size of a ca t; but some are of a larger size; This Species is
frequently kept by many inhabitants at Surinam, on accöu.nt of its vivaeity
and playfulness, and it lives long. ■ - -
The Gray Sapajou is larger in size, but resembles much in shape the
brown One, but is seldom brought tö Paramaribo.
A more rare species of sapajou'is sometimes brough by the.Indians from
the country o f the Upper Saramacca river: it is about the size of a Cat/-the
tail about the same length. fehe general colour-ié a brow«, but the» head,
face, and hands, are black. . Jfhe hair from the crown of the head spreads
out in a circular direction; ttlie chin is edged with a short beard f the face
is rather flat; the .cartilaginous partition of-‘the nostrils i s , remafkably
broad. This creature is of a. mild, hutesby dispositiom
The Xeesee-Keesee is considered.the prettiest o f the sapajous: it.is in
general of the size o f a half grown cat:; its-form is:elegant,- and.the.head
is small and found ; the face is o f a fibesh colour, and covered with short
white hair; its eyes are.large, black’ and lively ; the tip c f the nose and
the mouth are surrounded with black hair. The. general colour of this
creature is of a bright .gold yellow, shaded with brown, thé under, part
white; the hands and feet are o f an orange colour, the tail is slightly tufted at
the end j of a black- colour, and which the creature hangs over -its; shoulder
when at rest The kcesee-keesee is frequently kept by the inhabitants o f
Surinam on the plantations, and when' taken young, becomes so well domesticated
that it can be left at liberty to sport in the vicinity of- the
habitation/and1 is «aid will noti dfesert it, and particularly when a pair o f
them are kept. Th'êyjaire’very gentle and lively creatures, but when confined
in a room or by. achain, they.lose their activity, and do. not live long.
• I h ^ » ‘^nfp>*«èn^ö^.^teckiSaetawkilöee with sa-white face, and that
had been just shot, and of which .4B.e;-sk*ni was promised me to stuff, b u t
I never received it. This saccawinkee Was about the ^size of a large cat,
with long black hair,. the face very flat, and covered with white short hair,
th e nose flat and the eyes d e e p ; i t would best ajnsWèr to the name of
Satcawinkee/ h r (Semiamiortis, .which Linn^usihas.. giyhn to^another species.
The tail of »this animal was very ;tafted. i: i
arl^hte'lWianaeod,' *nr the bush tailed brown Saccawinkee, is covered all over
wïthdhrigibréwnha», whictotarns on thy head towards thf»#*®#:y »jtsHail
is much like that of a squirrel/ and the aniiOal is about the’ size of a full
grown cat. I kept ope^for several months it was a very, docile animal,
seemed not to like any .confinement/ and was! of a melancholy disposition.
0 The Large-eared Saccawinkee is called by the Dutch the Chagrintee, on
account of its being soon offended, and putf-^ut of temper; it is only
about eight inches long, and the female is o f a still smaller yizej. the tail is
nearVfoOt lónjg; its face is round, the nose high between the eyes, and flat
towards the end/ theupper lip divided like that of a hare, .the eyes, o f a
dark chesnufeieolouryand the earsveryllarge in proportion to the body,
the colour o f the animal is black, intermixedwith some yellow hair, the
four hands Ho the elbows are of an orange colour, the face is in general
black, though there are others with a white,face/ but they seem not to be a
distinct species, as there are «óme uther® aï ^ ^ff^^ faces are black and
white ; there are those again found entirelyblack, which are rather smaller
in size; CaptainStedman has given a description, and an engraving of the
white-eafed, and ring-tailed Sanguin, or the Ouistiti of Buffon, and pro-
houneed it to be a native of Surinam ; but notwithstanding all my enquiries,
1 could not learn this»; and some of the inhabitants,. who are very fond o f
keeping {hose- Sort of ariimalspassured me/ that if they knew where to get
these pretty creatures in the cölr®y, they certainly would have them; how-
evér, Captain Stedman might have seen one, that might fiave bcen.brought
froth the Brazils, as sometimes, in particular circumstances, ships from
thence will touch at Surinam in their passage to Europe ; anti perhaps it