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world have noses more like those of men and dogs. The large apes 

 have long tails and no cheek pouches, but have very manlike features, 

 including also what are known as chimpanzees and orangs belonging 

 to the old world. Remember, that some monkeys are manlike, being 

 able to walk on two legs, others are doglike, having doglike faces, and 

 walking on all fours. 



Monkeys have been placed at the head of the animal kingdom, 

 because, of all living beings, they most nearly resemble man, who is the 

 highest of all creatures. The likeness is not so striking as would at 

 first appear, if we will but look at the monkey carefully. We notice 

 that their heads are large, and they have heavy jaws suitable for 

 cracking nuts, if necessary. Their arms are long in comparison with 

 their bodies, and their legs are short, strong and curved, while their 

 feet are replaced by paws, the same kind as those of their arms. So 

 unlike true feet are their hind paws, that they cannot be placed flat 

 upon the ground when the animal is standing on his legs alone, but 

 rest painfully upon their side, so that the body can be balanced only 

 with very great difficulty. No monkey living is able to stand perfectly 

 erect, but leans more or less forward when he walks. There is good 

 reason for this, because he is not often required to walk on level 

 ground, for his home is in the trees, and he spends almost the whole 

 of his life among the branches, and for such an existence he is most 

 wonderfully fitted. His long arms and immense strength allow him 

 to perform wonderful things, and permit him to travel from tree to 

 tree for hours together without feeling fatigued. Because of these four 

 hands the monkey tribe is called by a Latin name the Quadnimana. 



Kinds of Monkeys. — The monkeys are divided into several 

 varieties or kinds, of which the apes, including the gorilla, the chimpan- 

 zee, the orang-outang, the sacred monkey, and the baboon are the 

 best known. There are many interesting stories told of members of the 

 monkey family. It is said that when Alexander the Great was on his 

 tour of conquest, he marched through a country which was inhabited 

 by the baboons, and encamped among them one night. On the follow- 

 ing morning when he was about to proceed on his march, his troops 

 saw the baboons drawn up like soldiers in line of battle, with so much 

 regularity that Alexander's men at first thought it was the enemy 



