The Living Animals of the World 



made friends, seated itself on her knees, 

 and carefully examined her hands. " He 

 then tried to pull off my rings, when I 

 gave him some biscuits, and making a 

 bed for him with my handkerchief he 

 then settled himself comfortably to sleep ; 

 and from that moment we were sworn 

 allies. When mischievous, he was often 

 banished to a hen-coop. Much more 

 effect was produced by taking him in 

 sight of the panther, who always seemed 

 most willing to devour him. On these 

 occasions I held him by the tail before 

 the cage ; but long before I reached it, 

 knowing where he was going, he pre- 

 tended to be dead. His eyes were closed 

 quite fast, and every limb was as stiff 

 as though there were no life in him. 

 When taken away, he would open one 

 eye a little, to see whereabouts he 

 might be; but if he caught sight of 

 the panther's cage it was instantly closed, 

 and he became as stiff as before." This 

 monkey stole the men's knives, tools, 

 and handkerchiefs, and even their caps, 

 which he threw into the sea. He would 

 carefully feed the parrots, chewing up 

 biscuit and presenting them the bits ; 

 and he caught another small monkey 

 and painted it black ! Altogether, he 

 must have enlivened the voyage. The 

 GRIVET MONKEY, the GREEN MONKEY, the 

 MONA MONKEY, and the MANGABEY are 

 other commonly seen African species. 



THE MACAQUES. 



The MACAQUES, of which there are many kinds, from the Rock of Gibraltar to far Japan, 

 occupy the catalogue between the guenon and the baboon. The COMMON MACAQUE and many 

 others have tails. Those of Japan, and some of those of China, notably the TCIJELI MONKEY, 

 kept outside the monkey-house at the Zoo, and the JAPANESE MACAQUE, at the other entrance, 

 are tailless, and much more like anthropoid apes. The Tcheli monkey is large and powerful, 

 but other macaques are of all sizes down to little creatures no bigger than a kitten. Some 

 live in the hottest plains, others in the mountains. The COMMON MACAQUE, found in the 

 Malay Archipelago, is a strong, medium-sized monkey. The FORMOSAN MACAQUE is a rock- 

 living creature; those of Japan inhabit the pine- groves, and are fond of pelting any one 

 who passes with stones and fir-cones. The BONNET MACAQUE is an amusing little beast, very 

 fond of hugging and nursing others in captivity. The BANDAR or RHESUS MONKEY, a common 

 species, also belongs to this group. But the most interesting to Europeans is the MAGOT, or 

 BARBAUY APE. It is the last monkey left in Europe. There it only lives on the Rock of 

 Gibraltar. It was the monkey which Galen is said to have dissected, because he was not 

 permitted to dissect a human body. These monkeys are carefully preserved upon the Rock. 

 Formerly, when they were more common, they were very mischievous. The following story was 



Photo ly A. S. Rudland <b Sons] 



MANTLED GUEREZA. 



[Lorn Ion. 



This group of monkeys supplies the " monkey muffs " once very fashionable. The 

 species with white plumes is used to decorate the Kaffir shields. 



