186 HORNED SAPAJOU.

cebi are lively and docile; they shew great attachment
to some persons, and a capricious aversion to others;
they are intelligent, mischievous, and inquisitive. Their
activity and address are surprising. In their native forests
they live in troops, feeding on fruits, grain, insects, and
eggs. So amusing are they in their gambuls, that even
the apathetic natives will stop their canoes, and watch
their frolics with interest. They are, from their liveliness
and docility, great favourites, and are often kept domes-
ticated; but their amusing habits do not protect them
from the poisoned arrows of the Indians. The head
is round, the muzzle short, and the limbs well pro-
portioned; the ears are rounded.

One of the species of sapajou was met with by Ham-
boldt in considerable troops in the forests near the
cataracts of the Oronoko, and the mission of Santa
Barbara. They are extremely mild in disposition, and very
active; are often kept by the Indians; and one was seen
by Humboldt, at Maypures, which every morning caught
a pig, and continued seated on his back during the day,
while feeding in the savanna round the Indian huts.
Another is mentioned, in the house of a missionary, which
would often ride upon a cat, which had been reared in
its company, and which patiently suffered the exploits of
the sapajou.