THE CHAMECK. 



its skin so brilliantly coloured. The upper parts of the body are greener than 

 those of the mandrill, the yellow rings in the hau' being more frequent. Its face 

 and ears are of a light polished black, and the palms of the hands and feet are 

 devoid of hah', and of a coppery tinge. 



Formerly the Drill was thought to be only a }'oung mandrill, and was so named. 

 But the fact that even after their second teething, the male Drills do not put on 

 the furrowed cheek-bones, or the bright coloming that distinguishes the mandrill, 

 is sufficient to prove that it is a distinct species. 



Little is knoAVTi of its habits when in a state of nature, as it has probably been 

 confounded with the mandrill, and its deeds narrated as if they belonged to the 

 last-named animal. 



It is a frequent visitor to England, and lives in tolerably good health. As far 

 as is known, it is much like the mandrill and other baboons in temper, being 

 quiet and docile when young, but subsiding into morose apathy as it becomes 

 older. 



The little stumpy tail is very like that of the mandrill, and is covered with short 

 and stiff' hair. Its length is not more than two inches even in a full grown male. 

 The Drill is always a smaller animal than the mandrill, and the female much 

 smaller than the male, from whom she differs also in the comparative shortness of 

 her head, and generally paler tint of her fur. 



CHAMECK.— 'y//cVt'6' chameck. 



The American Monkeys are chiefly remarkable for the shigular construction of 

 their tails, and the manner in which the nostrils are separated from each other 

 by a wide cartilage. 



If the reader will refer to the illustration of the Chameck, he will see that 

 the tail is the most conspicuous member of the animal. For the greater part of 

 its length it is thickly covered with long drooping fm', but the last seven or eight 

 inches are nearly denuded of hair on the upper surface, and entirely so on the 

 lower. Towards the base it is extremely thick, and is furnished with muscles of 

 great strength and marvellous flexibility, destined to aid the member in the 

 performance of those curiously active movements for which these monkeys are so 

 renowned. 



The tail of these animals is to them equivalent, and more than equivalent, to a 

 fifth hand. The naked extremity is endowed with so sensitive a surface that it 

 can be applied to most of the uses to which the hand can be put, while the 

 powerful muscles that move it are so strong and lithe that they can exert 



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