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especially notice the action of their lips, and the mode in which they 

 carry the tail. They have a strange way of writhing their faces into a 

 kind of quaint grin, in which they raise the lips, and exhibit the teeth 

 almost as if they were laughing. When walking, they have a fashion 

 of turning their tails over their backs, and carrying them reversed, in a 

 line almost parallel with the direction of the spine. 



Few monkeys can assume more oiitn' attitudes than the Mangabeys, 

 which seem to be, among monkeys, almost the analogues of the acrobats 

 among mankind, and twist themselves into such strange contortions, 

 that they seem to be able to dispense with the bones and joints with 

 which other animals are furnished. They seem to be quite aware of their 

 own accomplishments, and soon learn that their display will bnng in a 

 supply of nuts, cakes, and fruit to their exchequer. So they keep a 

 vigilant eye on their visitors, and when they conceive that tkcy have 

 drawn attention to themselves, they execute a series of agile girnbols, in 

 the hope of meeting the reward which sweetens labor. 



The apes which we are now about to give an account of, are dis- 

 tinguished from those already mentioned by possessing short tails, which 

 instead of being raised and carried over the back are usually pendent, 

 and do not assist in the movements of the animal. 



The name Makaque or Macaco is given on the west coast of Africa 

 to all sorts of apes ; scientifically it is restricted to a numerous group 

 of apes, distributed between Africa and Southeastern Asia, which forms 

 Genus VI., in the following chapter. 



IV.— GENUS THEROPITHECUS. 



The Gelada, Cynoccphaliis gclada. — This genus is distinguished by 

 receding nostrils, a bare spot on the neck and breast, a rich mantle, and 

 a long tuft to the tail. It is a giant, and attains the height of a man. 

 Its rich fur is dark-brown on the back of the head and back ; the mantle 

 and tail-tuft are yellowish-brown; the breast is a brownish-black; the 

 face is black. The two bare spots on the neck and chest are triangular, 

 the points turned to each other. The callosities are small and dark- 

 gray. 



A variety of this ape, called the Tokur Sinjcro, is found in the same 



