APES, MONKEYS, AND LEMURS 



southwest 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 

 HULOCK. 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 suck- 

 ing them. The SILVERY GIBBON kept at 

 the Zoological Gardens was a most amiable 

 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 England belonged to 

 the great Lord Clive. The AGILE GIBBON 

 is another and darker ape of this group. 



The list of the man-like ape 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 

 none of these apes show any remarkable 

 so simple a way, by plucking fruits and 



Photo by Tori & Son] 



The great 

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HULOCK GIBBON 



length of arm in comparison -with the body and head ihould here be 

 noted 



Photo bj York & Son] [Netting Hill 



WHITE-HANDED GIBBON 



This gibbon is found in the forests of the Malay Archipelago 



that of the human being. In their habits, when wild, 

 degree of intelligence ; but their living is gained in 

 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 



AFTER the gibbons come a vast 

 number of monkeys of every conceiv- 

 able size, shape, and variety, which 

 naturalists have arranged in consecutive 

 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 followed, and the descriptions 

 will, so far as possible, present the 



[Netting Hill 



