64 THE MONKEY TRIBE 



the Englishmen were seized, thrown into the river, and 

 drowned. 



In build the Hanuman is slender, measuring about two 

 feet in length, with a tail quite as long as the body. Its fur 

 is greyish brown, with a line of a darker shade along the 

 back ; but as the animal increases in years black hairs 

 sprinkle its coat, darkening it in colour. 



PROBOSCIS MONKEY (Nasalis larvatus). 



The Proboscis Monkey, or Kahu, is a native of Borneo. 

 In size it is about equal to the Hanuman, but thanks to its 

 enormously lengthened nose it is by no means so presentable 

 an animal. But if the Kahu's countenance is almost preter- 

 naturally ugly, the same cannot be said of the beautiful 

 colouring of its coat. The body is principally a bright 

 chestnut red, deepening into a rich brown tint on the head 

 and between the shoulders, while the arms and legs are 

 several shades lighter. The sides of the face and the under 

 parts of the body are golden yellow. The tail is a yellowish 

 white. The animal is an agile creature, leaping fifteen feet 

 or more with ease as it travels through the trees in small 

 companies. 



We now come to Group II., the PLATYRRHINI (Wide- 

 nosed Monkeys), the monkeys of the New World. Unlike 

 those of the Eastern hemisphere, 

 they have less projecting faces, the 

 nostrils are wide apart, and there 

 is an absence of cheek pouches and 

 callosities. The thumb, where it 

 exists, is not opposable and the tail 

 is long and in most cases prehen- 

 sile. Except in a very few instances 

 they are smaller than those of the 

 Old World, which have been 

 A PLATYRRHINE MONKEY, described at such length as to 

 render unnecessary any detailed 



account of the American animals, except where they possess 

 some specially noticeable feature. 



