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chase. Sometimes the Magot contracts a strong friendship for its master, and being 
desirous to render every service in its power, jumps on his shoulder, and examines 
his head with much care, though, we may hope, with little ultimate satisfaction. 
It often happens that the domesticated Magot takes a fancy for some other 
animals that may chance to come in its way, especially if they are young and 
comparatively helpless. It then acts as a voluntary nurse, and performs sundry 
kind offices for its charge, carrying them about with it, and, like nurses in general, 
becomes horribly jealous if its authority be in the least infringed. 
Its attitudes are rather singular. When walking or running, it goes chiefly on 
all-fours, but when it wishes to rest, it sits in a manner very similar to the corresponding 
attitude in man; when sleeping it generally lies extended at length, reclining on one 
side, or gathered up in a seated position, with its head drooping between its hind 
legs. 
In the absence of a tail, and in general form, the BLack Macaque bears some 
resemblance to the Magot, but in 
colour and arrangement of hair it is 
entirely distinct from that animal. 
The tint of the fur is as deep 
a black as that of the Budeng, or 
Black Colobus, which was mentioned 
on p. 42. Both these monkeys are 
possessed of crests which give a pecu- 
liar character to the whole aspect. 
That of the Black Colobus, however, 
is reverted forward, and curves to a 
point over the forehead, while that 
of the animal before us rises from 
the head and bends backward over 
the neck in a manner not unlike 
that of the cockatoo. 
Like the Magot, the Black Ma- 
caque has been called an ape by some 
writers, and a baboon by others, on 
account of the apology for a tail 
with which its hinder quarters are 
terminated, but not decorated. It is an inhabitant of the Phillippines and the neigh- 
bouring countries. 
THERE are few races of animals which have not been impressed by their human 
superiors into their service. Although the bodily powers of man are often more 
limited than those of the inferior animals, yet the lofty human intellect can more 
than compensate for corporeal deficiencies by making use of these faculties which 
are possessed by the subservient creation. 
Thus the Indian hunters take advantage of the active and stealthy chetah to 
capture the prey which is too vigilant of sight and too active of foot to be approached 
by man. 
In the bird-kingdom, the falcons take the place of the chetah, and chase through 
the realms of air those creatures whose wings would carry them beyond the grasp 
of man or the range of any weapon which he could devise. 
Again, the otter and the cormorant are both employed for the capture of fish in 
their native element, although the one is a quadruped and the other a bird. 
The ponderous strength of the elephant, and the drought-enduring powers of the 
camel, are equally utilized by man ; and indeed, throughout the whole creation, whether 
of animate or inanimate bodies, there is perhaps no one object that cannot, either directly 
or indirectly, be converted to some human use. 
Some there are, which are more directly profitable than others, among which 
may be enumerated the long list of domesticated animals which are familiar to us 
BLACK MACAQUE.—Macdcus Niger. 
