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they are easily distinguished by their lengthened tails, of 

 which the gibbons are entirely destitute. The entellus 

 monkey, though extremely common in Bengal, appears to 

 have been recorded in sj'stematic works only at a compara- 

 tively recent period, by M. Dufresne. It differs frum its 

 congeners in its long and slender limbs, the slowness of its 

 motions, and a certain unalterable apathy of expression. 

 It is of a uniform ashy-gray in the upper parts, somewhat 

 darker on the tail. The under-surface of the body is of a 

 dingy yellowish white ; and the fore-anns, hands, and feet 

 are of a dusky black. The fingers of both extremities are 

 very long, and the thumbs comparatively short. The face 

 is black, tinged with %dolet, and is surmounted above the 

 eyebrows by a line of long, stiff, black hairs projecting for- 

 ward, and slightly upward. The sides of the cheeks and 

 the under part of the chin are margined by a beard of 

 grayish white, which passes along the line of the jaws, and 

 extends upward in front of the ears, which are large, prom- 

 inent, and of the same colour as the face. The height of 

 the specimen in the Zoological Gardens exceeded two feet 

 when in a sitting posture, and its tail, which was rarely 

 unfurled, measured nearly thirty-six inches. This is one 

 of the species worshipped in the religion of the Bramins. 

 According to Mr. Bennet, it is identical with the Ceylonese 

 species described by Thunberg and Wolf. It frequently 

 occurs in a domestic state in that island ; and such is the 

 respect in which (whether wild or tame) it is held by the 

 natives, that, whatever ravages it may coramrt, the latter 

 dare not venture to destroy it, but merely endeavour to 

 frighten it away by cries more discordant than its own. 

 *' Imboldened by this impunity, the monkeys come down 

 from the woods in large herds, and take possession of the 

 produce of the husbandman's toil with as little ceremony 

 as though it had been collected for their use ; for, with a 

 degree of taste which does them credit, they prefer the 

 cuhivated fruits of the orchard to the wild ones of their 

 native forests. Figs, cocoa-nuts, apples, pears, and even 

 cabbages and potatoes, form their favourite spoil. The 

 numbers in which they assemble render it impossible for 

 the sufferer to drive them away without some more efficient 

 means than he is willing to employ ; he is consequently 

 compelled to remain a spectator of the devastation, and to 



