 Cumanenses." as the worthy Lopez de Gomara voucheth, " hath the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a staid behaviour," such, in short, as may well beseem the possessor of such a "powerful organ," as the newspaper critics have it. We will endeavour,...  Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History - Էջ 20491848Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1822 - 592 էջ
...in the beginniug of the sixteenth century. " The Aranata de los Cumaneses" says this author, " has the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a grave behaviour, honrado gesto." I have already observed, in another part of this work, that monkeys... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 էջ
...of bringing forth, the choir suspends its howlings till the moment of the birth. this Author, ' has the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a grave behaviour — honrado gesto.' I have observed, that monkeys are more melancholy in proportion... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1833 - 420 էջ
...the beginning of the sixteenth century. ' The Araguata de los cumanenses,' says this author, ' has the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a grave behaviour.'"* The Araguato has something the appearance of a young bear; it is nearly three feet... | |
 | William Jardine - 1833 - 346 էջ
...the beginning of the sixteenth century. ' The Araguata de los cumanenses,' says this author, ' has the face of a man, the. beard of a goat, and a grave behaviour.' "* The Araguato has something the appearance of a young bear; it is nearly three... | |
 | 1840 - 506 էջ
...like the Sagoins. [JACCHUS.] Lopez de Goniara speaks of the Aragualo de loi Ctimcmertses as having the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a grave demeanor. Fruit and the leaves of plants form their food. The females carry the young upon the... | |
 | 1840 - 512 էջ
...played like the Sugoiiis. [Jxccnvs.] Lopez de Gomara speaks of the Araguato de lot Cunianenset as having the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a grave demeanor. Fruit and the leaves of plants form their food. The females carry the young upon the... | |
 | Wonders - 1847 - 444 էջ
...others of their race. Lopez de Gomara, in the beginning of the 16th century, describes it as having " the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a grave behaviour." The Coaita (S. Paniscus), or four fingered monkey, is perhaps the greatest contrast... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1849 - 416 էջ
...may be found. Melancholy is the expression of the creature's eye, listless in its gait, and dismal in its voice. The young ones never play in captivity...observing traveller states that the bony case of the o* hyoides, or bone of the tongue, in the Mona Colorado is, in size, equal to four cubic inches (water... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1852 - 544 էջ
...with the Caribbee language of the Lower Orinoco. t Alouate ourse (Simia ursina). 280 TBOOP OF INDIANS. the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a grave demeanor (honrado gesto.)" Monkeys are more melancholy in proportion as they have more resemblance... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 272 էջ
...have been counted upon one tree. ' 4. One writer, who describes these monkeys, says, " The Howler has the face of a man, the beard of a goat, and a grave behavior."1 There are seven or eight kinds of howling monkeys, yet they differ but little from... | |
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