60 THE WANDEROO. 
The floor of the cage was strewed with fragmentary trophies of the powers of these 
most mischievous creatures. There were scraps of ribbon, evidently torn from feminine 
wrists ; there were odd fingers and thumbs of gloves, of every material and make ; there 
were patches of various laces and light textures, which had once formed part of summer 
dresses ; even to little pieces of slight walking-sticks, which had been seized and broken 
by the monkey in excusable avenging of insults offered by their bearers ;—there were 
representative fragments of man, woman, and child, lying tossed about in admirable 
confusion. 
T never knew so excellent a show of trophies, excepting in one instance, where 
several monkeys were confined in the same cage, and even in that case, I fancy that the 
superiority was simply occ asioned by the less frequency with which the cage was swept. 
It is quite a common sight to see the skeleton of a parasol or two lying helplessly on 
the floor, or hung derisively from some bar or hook that is out of reach of any hand but 
that of the monkey. 
Tassels of all kinds fall easy victims to the monkey’s quick paw, and, after being 
well gnawed, are thrown contemptuously on the ground. The hard knob that is usually 
found in the upper part of a tassel irritates the monkey exceedingly. He thinks that he 
has found a nut concealed in the silken threads, and expends much time and labour in 
trying to crack it. The fine fibres of the silk annoy him wonderfully, and the air of 
angry vexation with which he spits out the obnoxious threads is highly amusing. 
~The fur of the Pig-tailed Macaque is tolerably uniform in its hue. The colour of the 
greater part of the fur is a light fawn; a dark ‘brown tint is washed over the top of 
the head and along the back, spreading partly over the sides, and colouring the upper 
surface of the tail. The under parts of the body and tail, together with the cheeks are 
of a lighter tint. 
WANDEROO,—Silenus veter. 
The last of the Macaques which we shall notice in this work is the monkey which is 
well known under the name of WANDEROO, or OUANDEROO, as it is sometimes written. 
Although the Wanderoo is by our best authorities considered to be a member of the 
Macaques, ‘and is therefore placed among them in this work; some naturalists are more 
