244 NEIGHBORS WITH CLAWS AND HOOFS. 



and there is a tuft of beard on the chin. " These monk- 

 eys, being protected from injury by the superstition of 

 the Hindoos, become a perfect nuisance to those who 



The Entellus. 



have no veneration for them. They take their abode in 

 groves or trees which are planted about villages, and 

 sometimes are so numerous as to outnumber the human 

 inhabitants of the place. 



6. "Sir J. Forbes says that at Dhuboy the roofs of 

 the houses seemed entirely appropriated to the monkeys, 

 and gives a humorous account of having been obliged to 

 take shelter in a veranda because these animals pelted 

 him with tiles and mortar from an opposite house. They 

 are mischievous and destructive, and will strip a corn-field 

 of moderate size in a few hours. They frequently, how- 

 ever, destroy poisonous snakes. They seize them by the 

 neck when asleep, and, running to the nearest stone, grind 

 the head by a strong friction on the surface, frequently 



