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in fVont. On the chin and upper-hp, he says, the 

 hair is short, but on the cheeks above an inch in 

 length. The hands and feet are blackish and nak- 

 ed ; the nails long and bluntj and the thumb de-^ 

 tached and short. On the posteriors there are hard 

 and naked tuberosities. The tips of the ears are 

 rounded, almost bare, and black. 



These animals are kept tame in many of the 

 houses of Ceylon. They are easily domesticated j 

 and in this state generally sit upright, with their 

 Jiands crossed over each other* When they observe 

 any acquaintance, they immediately come jumping 

 to him, fawn upon him, grin, and with a peculiar* 

 kind of cry testify their joy. They are of a very 

 friendly and gentle nature, and never bite, unless 

 much irritated. If in the presence of one of these 

 creatures, any person kisses and caresses a child, he 

 expresses a great desire to do the same. If a child 

 is beaten in his presence, he rears himself on his 

 hind-legs, grins and howls in a revengeful manner, 

 and, if let loose, will attack the chastiser. He leaps 

 faster then he can run, on account of his hind-legs 

 being longer than the others; and he is very deli- 

 cate and careful respecting his tail. Professor Thun- 

 berg attempted to bring one of them into Europe, 

 but on coming into a cooler climate he died. They 

 are all so very tender as not to be able to support the 

 slightest degree of cold. 



M. D'Obsonville, speaking of the sanctuaries 

 for the Monkics in several parts of India, says, that 

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