THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS— SLENDER OR SACRED. 



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balconies are strewn from time to time with rice, 

 millet, dates, fruits and sugar-cane — all for the 

 Monkeys. These latter are so bold that they not 

 only pillage the gardens, but sometimes enter the 

 houses at meal-time and take the food out of peo- 

 ple's hands. A missionary declared that only by 

 constant watchfulness was he able to protect his 

 clothing and other belongings from these thieves. 

 It is verv probable that the sacred character 



The Budeng or This group has yet other remarkable 

 Negro Monkey members. The Budeng or Negro 

 of Java. Monkey of the Javanese (Semno- 



pitheais mcturus) is a beautiful animal. In mature 

 age he is black and glossy, his face and hands being 

 like velvet, his back like silk. The head is covered 

 by a peculiar cap of hair falling on the forehead and 

 encircling the cheeks. New-born Monkeys of this 

 are of a cream color, and only the ends of 



HOONUMAN MONKEYS. The mc 



sacred of all the sacred Monkeys of Ind 

 Here are portrayed a troop of Hoonumans 

 their arboreal home in the hot lowlands of the 

 Upper Ganges. The full-grown H 

 from three to four feet in length, with a tail 

 still longer than the body. It is a handsome 

 creature, the fur being cream-colored, except 

 parts of the head and the extremities of the 



Monkeys is connected in some way with the belief in 

 the transmigration of souls. It seems that the Hin- 

 doos think that after death their souls, as well as 

 that of their king, enter the body of some Monkey. 

 Notwithstanding their impudence these animals are 

 attractive and handsome creatures. The missionary, 

 John, says that he never saw more beautiful Monk- 

 eys than the Hoonumans. Their friendliness towards 

 each other and their enormous leaps attract the atten- 

 tion of every observer. 





limbs, which are black, while the bare portions 

 are of a deep violet hue. It is protected on 

 account of its supposed sanctity, for the na- 

 tives dare not molest it. It is one of the great- 

 est thieves in the world, robbing shops, houses 

 and fields and standing in no dread of Man, 

 whom it seems to regard as a sort of servant 

 to provide for its greedy wants. (Semnopithe- 

 cits eniellus.) 



the hairs on the lower part of the back, the upper 

 part of the tail and its tuft take a darker tinge. 

 Soon the dark color begins to spread, and in a few 

 months the hands, the head and the tuft of the tail 

 are black, and then the whole coat gradually as- 

 sumes the color of mature age. The length of this 

 handsome creature is about five feet, the tail coming 

 in for more than half of this measurement. 



" The Budeng," says Horsfield, " is found in con- 

 siderable numbers in the extensive forests of Java. 



