APES, MONKEYS, AND LEMURS 



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but the next city then sued them for " killing their deceased ancestors." In these monkey- 

 infested cities, if one man wishes to spite another, he throws a few handfuls of rice on to the roof 

 of his house about the rainy season. The monkeys come, find the rice, and quietly lift off many 

 of the tiles and throw them away, seeking more rice in the interstices. 



This is not the monkey commonly seen in the hills and at Simla. The large long-tailed 

 monkey there is the HIMALAYAN LANGUR, one of the common animals of the hills. " The 

 langur," says Mr. Lockwood Kipling in his " Beast and Man in India," " is, in his way, a king of 

 the jungle, nor is he often met with in captivity. In some parts of India troops of langurs come 

 bounding with a mighty air of interest and curiosity to look at passing trains, their long tails 



Photo bj A. S. Rudland if Sons 



CROSS-BEARING LANGUR AND YOUNG 



A forest monkey of Borneo 



lifted like notes of interrogation ; but frequently, when fairly perched on a wall or tree alongside, 

 they seem to forget all about it, and avert their heads with an affectation of languid indifference." 

 In India no distinction is made between monkeys. It is an abominable act of sacrilege to 

 kill one of any kind. In the streets holy bulls, calves, parrakeets, sparrows, and monkeys all rob 

 the shops. One monkey-ridden municipality sent off its inconvenient but holy guests by rail, 

 advising the station-master to let them loose at the place to which they were consigned. The 

 station, Saharanpur, was a kind of Indian Chicago, and the monkeys got into the engine-sheds and 

 workshops among the driving-wheels and bands. One got in the double roof of an inspection- 



