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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



car, and thence stole mutton, corkscrews, camp-glasses, and dusters. Among many other inter- 

 esting and correct monkey stories of Mr. Kipling's is the following : " The chief confectioner of 

 Simla had prepared a most splendid bride-cake, which was safely put by in a locked room, that, 

 like most back rooms in Simla, looked out on the mountainside. It is little use locking the 

 door when the window is left open. When they came to fetch the bride-cake, the last piece of 

 it was being handed out of the window by a chain of monkeys, who whitened the hillside with 

 its fragments." 



From India to Ceylon is no great way, yet in the latter island different monkeys are found. 

 The two best known are the WHITE-BEARDED WANDEROO MONKEY and the GREAT WANDEROO. 

 Both are grave, well-behaved monkeys. The former has white whiskers and a white beard, and 

 looks so wise he is called in Latin Nestor, after the ancient counsellor of the Greeks. Nice, clean 

 little monkeys are these, and pretty pets. The great wanderoo is rarer. It lives in the hills. 

 " A flock of them," says Mr. Dallas, " will take possession of a palm-grove, and so well can they 

 conceal themselves in the leaves that the whole party become invisible. The presence of a dog 

 excites their irresistible curiosity, and in order to watch his movements they never fail to betray 

 themselves. They may be seen congregated on the roof of a native hut. Some years ago the 

 child of a European clergyman, having been left on the ground by a nurse, was bitten and teased 

 to death by them. These monkeys have only one wife." Near relatives of the langurs are the 

 two species of SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS, one of which (see figure on page 18) inhabits Eastern Tibet 

 and Northwestern China, and the other the valley of the Mekong. 



THE GUEREZAS AND GUENONS 



Among the ordinary monkeys 

 of the Old World are some with 

 very striking hair and colours. 

 The GUEREZA of Abyssinia has 

 bright white and black fur, with 

 long white fringes on the sides. 

 This is the black-and-white skin 

 fastened by the Abyssinians to 

 their shields, and, if we are not 

 wrong, by the Kaffirs also. 

 Among the GUENONS, a large 

 tribe of monkeys living in the 

 African forests, many of which 

 find their way here as " organ 

 monkeys," is the DIANA, a most 

 beautiful creature, living on the 

 Guinea Coast. It has a white 

 crescent on its forehead, bluish- 

 gray fur, a white beard, and a 

 patch of brilliant chestnut on 

 the back, the belly white and 

 orange. A lady, Mrs. Bowditch, 

 gives the following account of 

 a Diana monkey on board ship. 

 It jumped on to her shoulder, 

 stared into her face, and then 

 made friends, seated itself on her 

 knees, and carefully examined her 



fhtto t>f A. S. Rutland Iff Son, 



MALE HIMALAYAN LANGUR 



A king of ike jungle, not often met -with in captivity 



