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she felt herself mortally wounded, and, collecting all her strength, she 

 seized her young one, suspended it on a branch, and fell dead at my feet. 

 An act so maternal made more impression on me than all the discourses 

 of the Brahmins ; and the pleasure of possessing a fine specimen, could 

 not, for once, take away the regret I felt at having killed a creature which 

 seemed to have a claim upon life, by sentiments and feelings which most 

 strongly excite our esteem." F. Cuv. Mamm. 



Mr. Ogilby informs us that the name, Houlman, by which the animal, 

 according to Duvaucel, is known to the Hindoos, is misspelt, the real or- 

 thography being Hoonuman ; and that by Gouptipara is meant the city of 

 Goalpara. According to Colonel Sykes, " Makur" is its name among the 

 Mahrattas of the western Ghauts ; and, according to Mr. Ogilby, it is 

 called " Lungar" by the hill tribes. 



The history of the Entellus is interwoven with the mythology of the 

 Hindoos ; this wonderful Monkey is a god among their gods ; and Hoonu- 

 man, king of the Monkeys, figures as one of the heroes in the wild epic 

 poem of the Ramayan, the Iliad of the East ; next to Rama (the Achilles 

 in courage, the Menelaus in circumstances), he was the greatest of the 

 warriors, performing, in combats with demons, prodigies of valour. The 

 poem may, perhaps, be regarded as an allegory ; but the introduction of 

 Hoonuman into it as a hero, is sufficient to prove the veneration paid to 

 these animals from the remotest periods. The Entellus, moreover, is one 

 of the sacred animals, into which the souls of their departed friends are 

 believed, by the faithful Hindoos, to pass. Considering these circum- 

 stances, the details of European residents in India, respecting the conduct 

 of the Hindoos towards this animal, are the less surprising. Not only 

 are their ravages and mischief tolerated, but, in the excess of religious 

 zeal, the Hindoos erect temples to their honour, build hospitals for the 

 sick or maimed, bequeath large fortunes for their support, and denounce 

 the punishment of death upon the impious wretch who dares to kill one 

 of so divine a race. Emboldened by indulgence, these Monkeys become 

 daring and troublesome, and resent, in a body, the slightest injury 

 inflicted on one of their companions. Forbes, in his Oriental Memoirs, 

 gives us the following account of the Monkeys at Dhuboy ; an 

 account, equally applicable, as far as these animals are concerned, to a 

 thousand other places. The durbar, or governor's mansion, where he 

 resided, with its courts and gardens, occupied, as he states, seven acres ; 

 it was almost surrounded by the lake, except near the principal gate, 

 communicating with the town ; a pavement of large flat stones admirably 

 united, formed a dry walk at all seasons, above the steps of the tank, 

 shaded, in most parts, by lofty trees, and adorned with fragrant shrubs, 

 through which only a few houses and towers on the walls were visible ; 

 so that, from the windows of the durbar, overlooking the lake, everything 



