Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs 



[Dotting llill. 



Photo by York & Son] 



WHITE-HANDED GIBBON. 

 This gibbon is found in the forests of the Malay Archipelago. 



down the cabin breakfast-table without 

 upsetting the china. The WHITE-HANDED 

 GIBBON is found in Tenasserim, south-west 

 of Burma. This ape has a musical howl, 

 which the whole flock utters in the early 

 mornings on the tree-tops. In Northern 

 India, in the hills beyond the Brahmaputra, 

 lives another gibbon, the H CLOCK. One 

 of these kept in captivity soon learnt to 

 eat properly at meals, and to drink out 

 of a cup, instead of dipping his fingers 

 in the tea and milk and then sucking 

 them. The SILVERY GIBBON kept at the 

 Zoological Gardens was a most amiable 



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pet, and had all the agility of the other 



gibbons. It is very seldom seen in this 



country, being a native of Java, where it 



is said to show the most astonishing 



activity among the tall cane-groves. One 



of the first ever brought to Engjand 



belonged to the great Lord Clive. The 



AGILE GIBBON is another and darker ape 



of this group. 



The list of the man-like apes closes 



with this group. All the gibbons are . 



highly specialised for tree-climbing and an 



entirely arboreal life; but it is undeniable that, apart from the modifications necessary for this, 



such as the abnormal length of the arms, the skeleton closely resembles that of a human being. 



In their habits, when wild, none of these apes show any remarkable degree of intelligence; 



but their living is gained in so simple a 

 way, by plucking fruits and leaves, that 

 there is nothing in their surroundings 

 to stimulate thought. They do not need 

 even to think of a time of famine or 

 winter, or to lay up a stock of food for 

 such a season, because they live in the 

 forests under the Equator. 



MONKEYS. 

 THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS. 



AFFER the gibbons come a vast 

 number of monkeys of every conceiv- 

 able size, shape, and variety, which 

 naturalists have arranged in consecu- 

 tive order with fair success. Until 

 we reach the Baboons, and go on to 

 the South American Monkeys and 

 the Lemurs, it is not easy to give 

 any idea of what these monkeys do 

 or look like merely by referring to 

 their scientific groups. The usual 

 order of natural histories will here be 



Photo by York Jc Son\ 



[Kotting IliU. 



HULOCK GIBBON. 



The great length of arm in comparison with the body and head should here 

 be noted. 



