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INTRODUCTION TO ZOOLOGY. 



of the land, which compound for the murder of a man by a 

 triflhig fine, affix the punishment of death to the slaughter 

 of a Monkey."* The species thus referred to, the Entellus, 



Fig. 340.— White-throated Sajob. 



or Hoonuman, though a native of the hot plains of India, 

 is found on the Himalaya Mountains, so far as the wood 

 extends, or to the height of thirteen thousand feet.f 



The Monkeys {Simiadm) of the Old World are distin- 

 guished, in common phraseology, by the names of Apes, 

 Monkeys, and Baboons: "a division which has the rare ad- 

 vantage, seldom attendant upon mere popular classifications, 

 of being in perfect accordance with scientific principles, 

 founded upon the structure and habits of the animals." 



The Baboons have capacious receptacles, or cheek pouches, 

 in which they stow their food. They have on the hinder 

 extremities hard places, or, as they are termed, callosities, 

 which are not covered with hair ; the tails are short, or re- 



* Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Natural History of Monkeys, 

 Opossums, and Lemurs, vol. i. — A most entertaining and valualile 

 work, to which we refer the reader for details which are incompatible 

 with our limited plan. 



f Berghaiis and Johnston. 



