228 APES;, BABOONS, AND MONKEYS. 



no tails, walk upright, and have a nearer resemblance 

 than their fellows to the human form ; having calves 

 to their legs, and their hands and feet shaped nearly 

 in the same manner. 



The baboon has a short tail, a long projecting 

 face, sunk eyes, and generally walks on all fours, 

 unless compelled, in a state of servitude, to walk 

 erect. Some of them are as tall, and have as 

 much strength, as the most powerful men. Their 

 propensities and figure are altogether most disgust- 

 ing. 



The monkeys are a more diminutive race : their 

 tails are generally longer than their body, and, in 

 many species, serve, from their flexibility, the pur- 

 poses of an arm, by which the animal clings with 

 safety to the upper branches of the tallest trees. 



However the frolicsome temper of this latter di- 

 vision may introduce them as playthings into our 

 houses, it is most unaccountable that reasonable beings 

 should ever consider them as objects of worship ; yet, 

 from the relation of many respectable travellers, it 

 seems an undoubted fact that, in many parts of India, 

 magnificent temples are erected in their honour. In 

 Amadabad, the capital of Guzerat, there are three hos- 

 pitals for animals, where lame and sick monkeys, or 

 others who find out this luxurious asylum, are fed 

 with dainty fare. It is much to be feared that, 



