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INTRODUCTION TO ZOOLOGY. 



of the land, which compound for the murder of a man by a 

 trifling fine, affix the punishment of death to the slaughter of 

 a monkey."* The species thus referred to, the Entellus, or 



Fig. 340. WHITE-THROATED SAJOU. 



Hoonuman, though a native of the hot plains of India, is found 

 on the Himalaya Mountains, so far as the wood extends, or 

 to the height of thirteen thousand feet.f 



The Monkeys (SimiadcB) of the Old World are distinguished, 

 in common phraseology, hy the names of Apes, Monkeys, and 

 Baboons: "A division which has the rare advantage, seldom 

 attendant upon mere popular classifications, of being in perfect 

 accordance with scientific principles, founded upon the struc- 

 ture and habits of the animals." 



The Baboons have capacious receptacles, or cheek pouches, 

 in which they stow their food. They have on the hinder 

 extremities hard places, or, as they are termed, callosities, 

 which are not covered with hair; the tails are short, or rc- 



* Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Natural History of Monkeys, 

 Opossums, and Lemurs, vol. i. A most entertaining and valuable work, 

 to which we refer the reader for details which are incompatible with our 

 limited plan. 



f Berghaiis and Johnston. 



