Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs 



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beside them to the city, grateful for their outing. One city obtained leave to kill the 

 monkeys; 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 



Photo by A. S. Rudiand & Sons] 



[London* 



CROSS-BEARING LANGUR AND YOUNO. 

 A forest monkey of Borneo. 



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 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 ari 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 stationmaster to let them loose at the place to which they were consigned. 



