THE ENTELLUS MONKEY. 1G5 



Gardens, only survived a short period after their aimal 

 in Europe ; and one mentioned by Thunberg soon 

 died of cold in the comparatively warm climate of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



The height of the Entellus described by F. Cuvier, 

 is about one foot five inches ; the length of the tail 

 about two feet. The description of the specimen 

 which died in the Zoological Gardens, by Mr Bennet, 

 is as follows ; and it may be remarked, that the only 

 mriaticn which seems incident to them is a yellow or 

 redder tinge of the whitish fur. 



" When taken at an early age they are readily 

 tamed, become playful and familiar, are extremely 

 agile, although generally calm and circumspect in 

 their motions, and learn to perform a variety of tricks, 

 which they execute with no little cunning and address. 

 After a time, however, their playfulness wears off; 

 their confidence is succeeded by mistrust ; their agility 

 settles down into a listless apathy; and, instead of 

 resorting as before to the resources of their ingenuity 

 for carrying any particular point, they have recourse 

 to the brute force which they have acquired in its 

 stead. At length they become as mischievous, and 

 sometimes even as dangerous, as any of those monkeys 

 which in their young state offer no such indications of 

 good temper and intelligence. 



" It is of a uniform ashy-gray on the upper parts, 

 "becoming darker on the tail, which is grayish-brown, 

 of equal thickness throughout, and terminated by a 



