THE WANDEROO. 



The floor of the cage was strewed with fragmentary trophies of the powers of these 

 most mischievous creatures. There were scraps of ribbon, evidently torn from feminine 

 wrists ; there were odd fingers and thumbs of gloves, of every material and make ; there 

 were patches of various laces and light textures, which had once formed part of summer 

 dresses ; even to little pieces of slight walking-sticks, which had been seized and broken 

 by the monkey in excusable avenging of insults offered by their bearers ; there were 

 representative fragments of man, woman, and child, lying tossed about in admirable 

 confusion. 



I never knew so excellent a show of trophies, excepting in one instance, where 

 several monkeys were confined in the same cage, and even in that case, I fancy that 

 the superiority was simply occasioned by the less frequency with which the cage was 

 swept. It is quite a common sight to see the skeleton of a parasol or two lying help- 

 lessly on ,the floor, or hung derisively from some bar or hook that is out of reach of 

 any hand but that of the monkey. 



WANDEROO. SHeaus veter. 



Tassels of all kinds fall easy victims to the monkey's quick paw, and, after being well 

 gnawed, are thrown contemptuously on the ground. The hard knob. that is usually 

 found in the upper part of a tassel irritates the monkey exceedingly. He thinks that he 

 has found a nut concealed in the silken threads, and expends much time and labor in 

 trying to crack it. The fine fibres of the silk annoy him wonderfully, and the air of 

 angry vexation with which he spits out the obnoxious threads is highly amusing. 



The fur of the Pig-tailed Macaque is tolerably uniform in its hue. The color of the 

 greater part of the fur is a light fawn ; a dark brown tint is washed over the top of the 

 head and along the back, spreading partly over the sides, and coloring the upper sur- 

 face of the tail. The under parts of the body and tail, together with the cheeks are of 

 a lighter tint. 



The last of the Macaques which we shall notice in this work is the monkey which 

 is well known under the name of WANDEROO, or OUANDEROO, as it is sometimes 

 written. 



Although the Wanderoo is by our best authorities considered to be a member of the 

 Macaques, and is therefore placed among them in this work ; some naturalists are more 



