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But in drinking they did not apply their lips to the pool or lap like a dog. No; they lifted the water in the hollow of their hands hence their specific name of chiropotes, or "hand-drinking monkeys." They raised the water to their lips with great care, taking pains not to let a drop of it fall on their precious beards.
Travellers who may hereafter visit the missions of the Orinoco will do well to follow up our researches on the salvaje or great devil of the woods; and examine whether it be some unknown species of bear, or some very rare monkey analogous to the Simia chiropotes, or Simia satanas, which may have given rise to such singular tales.
But in drinking they did not apply their lips to the pool or lap like a dog. No; they lifted the water in the hollow of their hands hence their specific name of chiropotes, or "hand-drinking monkeys." They raised the water to their lips with great care, taking pains not to let a drop of it fall on their precious beards.
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