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THE PRIAMUS 

 MONKEY. — A native of 

 Ceylon, very active and intel- 

 ligent, and is about sixteen 

 incites long, with a tail twen- 

 ty inches in length Its color 

 is a deep gray, with tinges 

 of brown, and its lips, chin 

 and whiskers are nearly pure white. This ani- 

 mal makes prodigious swings through the air 

 and easily escapes pursuit. ( Semnopithecus 

 ties tor. ) 



THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS. 



The second group of the Narrow-nosed Apes consists of the Dog- 

 shaped Monkeys (Cynopitkecini). Their distinguishing features are the 

 forward projection of the snout, especially noticeable in the lower tribes, 

 the shorter arms, the frequent occurrence of a tail and cheek-pouches, 

 and the regular existence of callosities on the hinder quarters. In other 

 respects they show a great variety of structure, ranging from the elon- 

 gated shape of the Slender Monkeys to the bulky form of the Baboons. 

 Where Dog- They are natives of the warm countries of the Old World, 

 Shaped especially India, from the Himalaya Mountains south, 

 Monkeys Live. Cochin china, the Malay Archipelago, Southern Arabia 

 and the whole of Africa, with the exception of the Eastern Sahara 

 country. They are the most active of their family, clever, but in the 

 majority of cases malicious and indecent. They do a great deal of 

 damage, plundering plantations and orchards in the boldest manner, and 

 sometimes exciting general fear by their malicious propensities. By the 

 people of some of the countries which they inhabit they are looked upon 

 with the greatest contempt, while among others religious superstition 

 invests them with the attributes of sanctity. 



SLENDER OR SACRED MONKEYS. 



Among the Dog-shaped Monkeys we will first turn to the Slender or 

 Sacred Monkeys (Semnopithecus), which are, as their name indicates, 

 slightly built, and are endowed with long, fine extremities and a very 

 long tail, a small, high head, a face devoid of hair, and a short snout, pro- 

 vided with small cheek-pouches. Their callosities are very small. The 

 last molar tooth in the lower jaw is furnished with five cusps. Their 

 skeleton in its slenderness reminds one of that of the Gibbons. The 



hands have long fingers, but the thumbs are short or very little developed, and not adapted for grasping. 



The hair is wonderfully fine, its coloring agreeable, and in one tribe peculiar ; and the hair of the head 



is sometimes considerably longer than that of the body. 



They are found in the southern part of the continent of Asia, Ceylon and the islands of the Indian 



Ocean. Here they live in more or les,s numerous troops in the forests, preferring the banks of a river or 



the neighborhood of villages or plantations, and being universally protected by the natives they lead an 



exceedingly enjoyable life. 



The foremost place among the Slender or Sacred Monkeys belongs to the Hoonuman, or Hulman, the 



Sacred Monkey of the Hindoos (Semnopithecus entellus) , which is the most common of all the Ape species 



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