THE EGRET MONKET, (55 



Their features are somewhat like those of a dog-, 

 but extremely ugly. Their colour is dusky, and 

 their hair of such a length as to give them much 

 the appearance of a young Bear^ 



This seems to have been the same kind of Ape 

 as one that M. le Vaillant had long with him in his 

 travels through the southern parts of Africa, to 

 which he gave the name of A>^^. It was of infinite 

 •use to him, being a more watchful servant than any 

 of his dogs, and frequently warning him of the ap* 

 pToach of predacious animals, when they seemed 

 unconscious that such werd near. Its numerous 

 whimsical pranks and actions are related in both 

 M. le Vaillant's v»'orks, at considerable length. 



THE EGRET MONKEY *. 



The Egret Monkey is about two feet in lengthy 

 and somewhat of the colour of a wolf. His head, 

 which is excessively ugly, is large; his nose is de- 

 pressed, his cheeks are wrinkled, his eyebrows pro- 

 minent and bristly, and his lip cleft with a double 

 fissure. On the top of the head is a pointed tuft of 

 hair ; and tlie feet are black. He is an inhabitant 

 of South Africa, India, and Java, where he is very 

 sportive and lively ; gamboling on the trees, and 

 making a continual noise during the night -f-. 



Tliese Monkies often assemble in troops for the 

 purpose of plundering the plantations. When they 

 have entered a field of millet, they load themselves 



* Synonyms. -Simia Ayniila. LtH/i. —Al-^wttv. BuJf'oii.-EoTet 

 Monkc'v. PcHinint. t Shaw. i. 4S. 



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