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submit without repining to his fate."* This species appears 

 The very susceptible of cold, and cannot stand a removal 

 from its native regions. Thunberg's specimen died m the 

 Sde of the Cape, and the individuals more recently 

 transported both to London and Paris have since expired. 



When the government of Dubhoy, after its surrender to 

 General Goddard in 1780, was intrusted to Mr. Forbes, the 

 city contained about 40,000 inhabitants and as many mon- 

 kevs The governor, on his first arrival, resided in a house 

 the back part of which was separated by a narrow court 

 from that of a Hindoo ; and, in consequence of the cool- 

 ness afforded by its shaded situation, he usually retired with 

 Ms book to a veranda there during the heat of the after- 

 noon Here small portions of mortar and tiles frequently 

 ftU upon him, to which at first he paid no attention UU one 

 day a blow from a larger piece than usual made him turn 

 round to discover the cause. To his surprise he obsen^ed 

 Sat the opposite roof was entirely covered with monkeys, 

 Xh, havi^ng probably taken a dislike to 1"^ European 

 Tomplexion, had commenced a system of warfare which 

 Sly Sft him no other alternative than that of changing 



^^The^Wanderoo monkey {Macacus .,7«m5) is also in- 

 digenous to the East Indies. It appears to be figured in 

 Knoz's History of Ceylon, although that author erroneously 

 applied the pa^e to several different species which he re- 

 Sed as varieties of one and the same. The prevailing 

 folour o? this animal is a fine black, but the sides of the 

 head and chin are surrounded by a broad beard or ruff of 

 a c^ngy white or pale gray colour. The tail is about half 

 as long as the body, Ind is terminated by a tul^ of hair; 

 onSh account, probably, it has by some authors been 

 named the lion-tailed monkey. "There are," says Fa her 

 Vincent Marie, "four sorts of monkeys on the coa.t of 

 Malabar The first is perfectly black, covered with glossy 

 S wiA a wMte beard surrounding his chin, and extend- 

 Sg a span or more in length. To this monkey all the re t 

 ^ay sach profound respect, that they submit and humiliate 

 themselves in his presence as though they were capable of 



* The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated, 

 ▼ol. i. p. 86. 



