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Note I — Chapter X · JUNGLE LIFE AT AREMU. SOME PAGES FROM MY DIARY (continued). (By C. William Beebe.)

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The color of the back and sides was a light gold, shading into dark maroon or red on the head, tail and limbs. The skin of the face, ears, palms and scantily haired under parts was dark slate. The eyes were hazel brown. The total length was 50½ inches, 25 of which consisted of the tail. The bare prehensile portion along the lower side of the tail extended 11½ inches backward from the tip. The forearm and hand was 16 inches long; the hind leg 18 inches. The hair of the beard was 1¾ inches long. The Monkey had been feeding on leaves and some kind of fruit with stones like cherry pits.

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