E PIG-TAILED MACAQUE. 



from childhood. Many of these animals, such as the horse and the dog, are universally 

 employed in all parts of the wourld, while others, such as the camel, are of no service 

 except in the peculiar climate and among the peculiar circumstances for which they 

 were created. 



Among these latter animals is the monkey which is depicted in the engraving 

 on the next page. This is the PIG-TAILED MACAQUE sometimes called the 

 BRUH. 



An inhabitant of Sumatra and neighboring parts, the Bruh is possessed of the 

 activity which distinguishes the monkey tribes, and withal is endowed with a larger 

 share of intelligence than usual, even with the quadrumanous animals. The inhabitants 

 of Sumatra are in the habit of capturing the Pig-tailed Macaque when young, and 

 training it to climb the lofty cocoa-nut palms for the purpose of gathering the fruit. 

 So clever are the monkeys, and so ingenious are the teachers, that the young scholars 

 are instructed to select the matured nuts only, leaving the others to ripen on the 

 tree. On this account, the Bruh has been called by a name which signifies the 

 " fruit-gatherer." 



In captivity it is generally an amusing animal, displaying to the full those traits 

 of curiosity, impertinence, petty malice, and quaint humour, for which the monkeys 

 are celebrated, enhanced by a spice of something that is not very far removel 

 from wit. 



I have often remarked the exceeding ingenuity of this animal in planning an 

 attack on some unsuspecting person, its patience in biding its time, and its prompt 

 rapidity of some execution. 



On one occasion, a young lady happened to pass near a cage where a pair of these 

 animals were confined, and their attention was immediately drawn to some beautiful 

 white feathers which she bore on her hat. Now, the monkeys were far too wise to 

 betray the least emotion, and not even by a look did they show that t*hey had even 

 observed the objects on which their very hearts were fixed. But any one who knew 

 the ways of monkeys could divine, by the sudden sparkle of the eye, that there was 

 mischief brewing 



For some time, all went on as usual. The two monkeys held out their paws for 

 nuts, cracked them, ate the sound kernels, and flung the bad nuts at the donors, just 

 as if they had nothing on their minds, and had no soul above nuts. Interested by the 

 amusing pranks which the creatures were playing the owner of the feathers incautiously 

 approached within reach of the cage. 



Almost too quickly for the eye to follow, one of the Bruhs shot down the bars, 

 and with a single adroit movement, whipped out one of the white feathers and leaped 

 to the ba^k of the cage. 



Seating himself on the ground, he gravely inspected his prize, turning it over in every 

 direction, smelling it critically, and biting off strips of the feather in order to ascertain 

 the flavor. Having satisfied himself on these points, he stuck the feather behind one 

 of his ears, so that it drooped over his head in ludicrous imitation of the manner in 

 which it had been fastened into the hat. Thus accoutred, he paraded about the floor of 

 the cage with stately pride. 



His compainon now thought himself entitled to some share in the booty, and, 

 creeping up stealthily from behind, made a sudden spring at the feather. It was quite 

 useless, for the original thief was on the alert, and, putting the feather in his mouth, 

 climbed up a suspended rope with wonderful agilty ; and in order to guard against an 

 attack from below, as he coiled up the rope with his hinder feet fast as he ascended, thus 

 cutting off all communication. When he reached the ceiling, as he hitched his fingers 

 and toes though the staple to which the rope was attached, and thus remained for 

 awhile in pefect security. 



However, even a monkey's limbs will not maintain their hold forever, and the Bruh 

 was forced to descend. His companion was waiting for him on the floor, and, when he 

 reached the ground, gave chase, the two monkeys leaping about the cag, climbing the 

 bars, and swinging from the ropes in the most agile manner. 



At last they seemed to be tired of the game, and, sitting, on one of the bars amicably 



