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in captivity, he soon pines away and dies, possibly from 

 want of his natural food, which is much more restricted 

 in its character than that of most other types of monkeys. 

 Indeed, it would save much trouble and disappointment 

 if people wishing to capture and tame wild animals of 

 all kinds were always to find out what was the natural 



F. Jl'. Bond, Photo. 

 COLOBUS, OR GUEREZA MONKEY 



food of the animal. Probably more loss of life occurs 

 in confinement through unnatural feeding than from 

 any other cause. 



The Guenon Monkeys, which, in Africa, are by far 

 the most numerous genus of the family, and contain 

 over forty species, are spread practically all over the con- 

 tinent south of the Sahara. Their food is of a varied 



