20 DIVISION I. VEKTEBliAL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. MAJLMALLV. 



arc known. Tlicy are grave and stately in tliuir movements, as their 

 iiiinie indicates, and are sometimes called Solemn ^lonkcys. One species 

 (Srii/iiojJil//rcus iieuKCus) is remarkable for the brightness and variety of 

 its colors. Each side of the head is adorned with a tuft of yellow hair : it 

 has a collar of red and black ; the face is orange ; legs bright red ; the 

 hands, thigh.s, and feet Idack; the body and arms gray. Anothsr species 

 (iS. ctilellas), of a light yellowish gray color, is in many parts of India 

 an (liiject of religious reverence. All the Semnopitheci belong to Asia 

 and the islands of the Indian Ocean. Some of the last mentioned species 

 are kept in the temples, guarded with the greatest care, and treated 

 with the utmost deference. In Amadabad, the capital of Guzcrat, there 

 are three hosj)itals for monkeys, where the sick and lame have medical 

 attendance. AVlicn the Portuguese plundered the island of Ceylon, they 

 found, in one of the tem|ilcs dedicated to these animals, a sm:dl golden 

 casket, containing the tooth of a monkc)'. This was held in such estima- 

 tion by the nati\es, that they oifercd seven hundre<I thousand ducats to 

 redeem it. The vict'roy, howevei', ordered it to be liurned. Ihit some years 

 afterwards, a Portuguese, ha\ing obtained a similar tooth, jiretended that 

 he had reco\ercd the old one, which so rejoiced the priests that they pur- 

 chased it from him for a sum exceeding fifty thousand dollars. 



Gem's jNIacacus — The ^lacaques. The individuals of this group do 

 not have the light and active form nor sprightliness of the preceding. 

 1'hese animals, like the preceding species, lunc a fifth tubercle on their last 

 molars, and callosities and cheek-poiiciies like the monkeys proper. Their 

 limbs are shorter and stouter tlian those of the Doucs. They inhabit India. 



There are seven species. The AVanderoo (i/acacuti siloms), black, 

 with an ash-colored mane, and tufted tail, is found in Ceylon. The Bon- 

 neted iMacaipic (J/. St /lira.'! ) , the Totpie (J/, ritdiidus) , and the Ilair- 

 li[iped I\Iaea(pie (M. ci/i/oiito/nf/nf:) , hii\c long tails. The j17. r/ie.s«.y has 

 a tail like a pig. The l>ro\vn ^Macatpic (Jl. w'tiicslrinus) has one still 

 shorter, while the lUack .Maca<]ue (J/, iiiijrr) has none at all, or a small 

 tubercle in its place. This last has a perpendicidar tid't of hair upon its 

 head. 



Genus Ixrrs — The ^Nlagots. This is the only representative of the 

 (^uadrumana family found on the European continent. These monkeys 

 resemble the ^Macaques in having a tubercle in place of a tail. There 

 is but one species known, — the Barbary jNIagot (Inuits sijlcdiins), — 

 a native of Barbary, but found at Giljraltar. It is a hardy, intelligent 

 animal, of a greenish brown color, and, although in captivity it is often 

 savage, can be reduced to a tolerable degree of subjection, and be made 

 to perform a \ariety of amusing tricks. 



