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Title: Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots : with an account of the indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea
Year: 1806 (1800s)
Authors: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 Blake, William, 1757-1827 Holloway, Thomas, 1748-1827 Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
Subjects: Slavery Indians of South America
Publisher: London : Printed for J. Johnson, & Th. Payne
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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honour to beone. During this time nothing remarkable happened,except meeting with a large company of quoin*, whichbeing one of the most remarkable species of monkies inthe world, from their affinity to the human race. I cannottacitly pass over. One evening, walking with my blackboy Quaco without the camp, they came down so low tolook ,.- s, and threw small stiek- and excrements at us,that we stopped, and I had an opportunity thoroughly toexamine them. The quota, or quota, i- very large, withan enormous tail: their arm- and lees being covered overwith long black hair, they make a very hideous appear-ance indeed: the m so, is the creatures face is quite iked and red, with deep sunk eyes, which gives it muchpearance of an old Indian woman. It has shortear>. and only four ; g s without a thumb on its handsor fore re, . tit it has rive toes on the hinder feet, all ofwhich have black nails. The extremity oi its tail ha- aspiral turn inwardly: it is naked and callous, by its fre-1 queutly
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