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" The Budeng, or the black species, is much more 

 abundant than the Lutung, or the red species ; and 

 the latter, both on account of its variety and com- 

 parative beauty, is a favourite among the natives. 

 Whenever an individual is obtained, care is taken to 

 domesticate it, and it is treated with kindness and 

 attention. The Budeng, on the contrary, is neglected 

 and despised ; it requires much patience in any degree 

 to improve the natural sullenness of its temper. In 

 confinement it remains during many months grave 

 and morose; and as it contributes nothing to the 

 amusement of the natives, it is rarely found in vil- 

 lages, or about the dwellings. This does not arise 

 from any aversion on the part of the Javanese to the 

 monkey race j the most common species of the island, 

 the Cercocebus aygula of Geoffroy, the Egret of Pen- 

 nant, is very generally domesticated ; and a favourite 

 custom of the natives is to associate it with the horse. 

 In every stable, from that of a prince to that of a 

 mantry, or chief of a village, one of these monkeys is 

 found ; but I never observed the Budeng thus distin- 

 guished. 



t The Semnopithecus maurus is found in* abun- 

 dance in the extensive forests of Java ; it forms its 

 dwelling on trees, and associates in numerous societies. 

 Troops, consisting of more than fifty individuals, are 

 often found together. In meeting them in the forests, 

 it is prudent to observe them at a distance. They 

 emit loud screams on the approach of man ; and by 



