SIMIAD.E. 467 



with conjugal affection, and carried it off, in a sort of triumph, to his 

 expecting comrades. The artless behaviour of this poor animal wrought 

 so powerfully on the sportsmen, that they resolved never again to level a 

 gun at one of the Monkey race. 



Protected and reverenced as the Entellus is by the Hindoos, its 

 godship meets with no such respect from the larger beasts of prey ; it is 

 especially obnoxious to the attacks of the Tiger ; and the terror of these 

 Monkeys, at his appearance, so overcomes their presence of mind and 

 activity as to lead to their destruction. "While the mischievous 

 Monkey, and the innocent Dove," says the instructive writer above 

 quoted, " found an asylum within the walls of Dhuboy, the adjacent 

 country was infested with Tigers and savage beasts, which, in defiance 

 of Pythagorean systems, and Brahminical tenets, waged perpetual war 

 against the Antelopes and innocent animals near the villages : even the 

 Monkeys, with all their wily craftiness, could not escape them." 

 The peasants in the wilds of Bhaderpoor confirmed the stratagem 

 used by the Tiger to effect his purpose, as mentioned by Dr. Fryer. 

 " The woodmen assert that, when the Tiger intends to prey upon the 

 Monkeys, he uses this stratagem : the Monkeys, on his first approach, 

 give warning by their confused chattering, and immediately betake 

 themselves to the highest and smallest twigs of the trees, when the Tiger 

 seeing them out of his reach, and sensible of their fright, lies couchant 

 under the tree, and then falls a roaring ; at which they, trembling, let go 

 their hold, and, tumbling down, he picks them up to satisfy his hunger. 

 That Monkeys are their food, their very ordure declares, scattered up and 

 down, where is visible the shaggy coats of these creatures." The Entellus 

 is very extensively spead over India, inhabiting, not only the hot lowlands, 

 or plains, but the elevated and colder mountain ranges ; viz., the Ghauts, 

 the Nepal Hills, the Himalaya, and the high table lands of Bootan. 

 Hence it would appear to be capable of enduring a considerable degree 

 of cold with impunity, though not the changes and moisture of our 

 climate. 



Those which the author has had opportunities of 'observing in 

 captivity have been remarkable for apathy, approaching even to melan- 

 choly, mixed with distrust and malice. The playful tricks of the 

 Cercopitheci, confined in the same cage, appeared rather to annoy than 

 interest, or induce them to take part in the game ; and they bore the 

 teasing of their companions with an air of impatience, but, at the same 

 time, as if they were too listless to retaliate. 



