lyo THE D O U C. 



This animal, which I was afflired came from 

 Cochin-China, is Hkevvife found in Madagafcar; 

 and it is the fame with what Flacourt men- 

 tions, under tlie name of Sifac, in the following 

 terms : ' In Madagafcar, there is another fpecics 

 ' of white monkey, with a tawny collar, which 

 ' frequently walks on the two hind legs. It has 



* a white tail, and two tawny fpots on the flanks. I 

 ' It is larger than the ^'l7r/ (maucauco), and fmall- 



* er than the njaricojfi (vari). This fpecies is call- 

 ' ed Sifac^ and feeds upon beans. It is very fre- 

 ' quent about Andrivoura, Dambourlomb, and 

 ' Ranafoulchy*. The tawny collar, the white 

 tail, and the fpots on the flanks, indicate, in the 

 cleareft manner, that the fifac of Madagafcar 

 is the fame fpecies with the douc of Cochin- 

 China. 



Travellers alfure us, that, in the ftomachs of 

 the large apes in the fouthern provinces of Afia, 

 bezoars are found of a fuperior quality to thofe 

 of the goats and gazelles. Thefe large apes are the 

 ouanderou and the douc; and, of courfe, to them 

 the prodnftion of the bezoars muft be referred. 

 It is alledged, that the bezoars of the ape are 

 always round, while the other kinds are of dif- 

 ferent figures f . 



DtJtincVivc 



• Voynge de F'acourt, p. 153. 



t As the apes, as well as ihe goats, cat the buds ot certain 

 flirubs, bezonr ftones are produced in their bellies. They are 

 often found in the excrements which they difchargc when 



flvinc; 



^ A 



1 

 ■ 



\ 



