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three men, which may be partly attributed to their 

 sharp claws. They store their food in their cheek- 

 pouches. One of them kept in confinement, was 

 known to hide eight eggs at a time in this manner ; 

 and when he had a convenient opportunity, he took 

 them out one at a time, and after breaking them at 

 the end, swallowed them deliberately. They plunder 

 gardens and orchards with the same precautions as 

 the apes, and dexterously fling the fruit from one to 

 another, in order to carry it off more expeditiously ; 

 but if disturbed, they break it to pieces, and cram it 

 into their cheek-pouches. At the sight of a man, 

 they run up the trees, chatter, and shake the boughs 

 at him with incredible boldness. The roots of bulbous 

 plants are one of their favourite repasts : they dig 

 them up, and then peel them with great cleverness, 

 leaving heaps of the outside skin where they have been 

 feasting. 



The hare-lipped monkeys go also in troops, and are 

 inexpressibly injurious to the plantations of millet, 

 which they cany off under their arms, and in their 

 mouths. They examine every stalk they pull up, 

 and are so delicate in their choice that they reject 

 more than they consume. 



The Chinese monkey, when fruits are scarce, repairs 

 to the sea-shore, and catches crabs by putting its tail 

 between their pincers ; and when they are closed, runs 



