IQO 



THE MONKEYS 





Fig, 183.— The Proboscis Monkey, 



and others pass. Such a performance requires no little 



intelligence to carry out successfully. I have seen one 



of these monkeys lower its 

 tail from a tree, and seizing 

 a puppy, lift it up and carry 

 it to the top of the tree. 



The proboscis monkey 

 (Fig. 183) is a singular form, 

 almost human in its expres- 

 sion. On the coast of Af- 

 rica is found the mandrill 

 (Fig. 184), a large, short- 

 tailed monkey with a 



strangely colored face, which appears as though it had 



been painted red and blue. A large ape still frequents 



the rock of Gibraltar, hav- 

 ing lived there for centuries. 

 In South Africa and the 



IVTalay country the gibbons 



are found, which, while they 



have no tail, have long arms 



by which they literally fling 



themselves from limb to 



limb. 



In many of the old books 



relating to Africa, references 



are made to hairy men of 



gigantic strength, found in 



the forests of that conti- ^'''- 184. -the mandrill. 



nent. It is now believed that these references were to the 



gorilla (Fig. 185). This animal is one of the fiercest and 



