MONKEYS. 



1. The Barbary Ape, or 3Iagoe (Sitnia Inuus) 

 Is a morose, ill-natured animal, but by means of 

 severity may, in a state of captivity, be made to 

 perform a number of actions which surprise us, by 

 their near approach to those of man. 



2. The Pig-tailed Baboon (Simia Nemestrina). 



Is a native of Sumatra, and is very familiar and 

 gentle in its behaviour towards strangers, but appears 

 melancholy in a state of captivity. 



3. Variegated, Tufted, or Ursine Baboon (Simia 

 Mormon). 



This Baboon is very numerous about the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and is one of the largest of this tribe of 

 animals, measuring when full grown, nearly five 

 I'eet in height. It is very strong, fierce, and libidi- 

 nous, yet at the same time is capable of attachment 

 and gratitude. One that was sent to me in the 

 year 1803, had two deep wounds in his loins, 

 owing to the pressure of a heavy chain by which 

 be was confined ; on appearing anxious to ex- 

 amine the wounds, it readily presented the lacerated 

 part to inspection, and after one side was dressed 

 with a very sharp mixture (though at the same, 

 time it was agonized with pain) it opened the 

 other wound for the same application, which it con- 

 tinued to do until such time as the excoriated places 



