THE GBEEN MONKEY. 183 



" The colour is greenish-yellow above, arising from 

 the ringing of the hairs with various shades of yellow 

 and black, but assumes more of a dark grizzled appear- 

 ance on the sides of the body, and outer sides of the 

 limbs, which become gradually darker towards the 

 hands. The face, ears, and naked part of the hands, are 

 of a jet black ; the former is of a triangular shape, 

 bounded above the eyes by a straight line of stiff black 

 hairs, and on the sides by spreading tufts of light hairs, 

 with a yellowish tinge, meeting in a point beneath the 

 chin. The neck and chest are white; the under parts of 

 the body have a yellowish tinge; and the inside of the 

 limbs is gray. The length of the. head and body is 

 sixteen or eighteen inches, and that of the tail some- 

 what more." 



This animal, or at least one under the title of the 

 " Green Monkey" has been mentioned by many tra- 

 vellers, who give accounts of the vast troops which 

 assemble together. In Adanson's Voyage to Senegal, 

 it is thus introduced : 



" But what struck rne most, was the shooting of 

 monkeys, which I enjoyed within six leagues this side 

 of Podor, on the lands to the south of Donai, other- 

 wise called Coq ; and I do not think there ever was 

 better sport. The vessel being obliged to stay there 

 one morning, I went on shore, to divert myself with 

 my gun. The place was very woody, and full of 

 green monkeys, which I did not perceive but by their 

 breaking the boughs on the tops of the trees, from 



