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near to the Guenons. It attains a length of four feet, including nearly 

 two feci of tail. The beard or wliiskcr is very short ; in the male the 

 hair lies flat, in the female it forms a kind of comb. The hair on the back 

 is of a brownish olive-green, mixed with black, on tlic belly of a whitish- 

 j^ra}'. Hands, feet, and tail are black, the face a bluish-gray, white 

 between the eyes, of which the iris is brown. The ears arc black. 



The common Macaque is found in all l-^astern Asia, and in very great 

 numbers. These apes are very common in menageries, as nearly every 

 ship from India brings some back with it. The Macaque in his native 

 abode is social, living in bands of ten to fifteen members. They live 

 chiefly on fruits, but have been often met on the sea-shore collecting 

 crabs and muscles. A traveler in Java describes a scene he witnessed: 

 "Chairs were placed for us in a grove which seemed to be the remnant 

 of a forest. A hollow cane ol bamboo was struck ; this was the drum 

 for the apes. The sound had scarcely ceased, when we heard a rustling 

 in the trees, and more than a luindred gray apes sprang out. Great and 

 small, old bearded patriarchs, lively young ones, mothers with their suck- 

 lings at their breast, came out and played around us like old acquamt- 

 ances. They were so free from all fear that they took from our hands 

 ttic rice and |)rovisions we had brought. Two splendid males opened 

 [hv baskets our attendants were carrying, and helped themselves as 

 it pleased them. They stalked about among tiie crowd of apes like 

 haughty cavaliers, and were regartlinl by their fellows witli great respect. 

 Nor did they hesitate to enforce the respect due to them. If the crowd 

 pressed on them, they laid about them lustily, and kept the rest at a 

 distance till tliey had satislied their kingly a|)petites. To each otlier 

 they were studiouslv courteous. When we departed, the apes again 

 dispersed into the wood." The Macaque is not quite so agile as the 

 Guenons, but in other respects resembles them. There is the same liveli- 

 ness and cheerfulness, the same tenderness to the helpless, the same 

 changeableness of temper. He is grateful for good treatment, and be- 

 comes attached to his keeper or master. He is naturally very modest in 

 his appetites— a piece of bread, a handful of corn, a branch with green 

 leaves are devoured with satisfaction ; he soon learns to eat fish. But 

 when accustomed to the luxui ics of tlie table he proves himself an epicure 

 in Ids tastes, and soon learns to prefer spirituous liquors to any other 

 beverage. Thev breed freely in captivity and are passionately fond of 

 their young. On one occasion it was found necessary to clear a cage 



