34 NATURAL HISTORY. 
asleep, and seizing it by the neck, takes it to a stone, and 
knocks its head against it till itis dead. It then throws 
the snake to the young monkeys, who play with it as a 
kitten does with a mouse killed by the old cat. It is re- 
garded with great reverence by the natives, and receives 
even divine honors from them. Splendid temples are 
dedicated to these monkeys; there are hospitals for their 
treatment when sick; fortunes are bequeathed for their 
support; and though the murder of a man is often pun- 
ished only by a small fine, the killing of one of these mon- 
keys is invariably punished with death. Thus cared for, 
they abound in great numbers, and though they enter 
houses to plunder eatables, their visits are regarded as a 
great honor. 
49. The Proboscis Mon- 
key, Fig. 14, so called from 
the extraordinary projec- 
tion of its nose, is a native 
y) les of Borneo. 
SY «60. The baboons have 
Ps; very short tails. Their 
bodies are stout and thick- 
‘ set. The temper of most 
\, of them is very ferocious, 
and Cuvier says that he 
has seen several of the Man- 
~ drill species die of rage. 
Those species of baboons 
that live in Asia are of a 
much milder character than those found in Africa. There 
is only one locality in Europe where any of the Pedimana 
tribe are found, and that is the Rock of Gibraltar. One 
species of the baboon, improperly called the Barbary Ape, 
abounds there. It is probably not a native, but was orig- 
inally introduced from the African side of the strait. 
51. It is a remarkable fact that the baboons are the 
only Mammalia that exhibit bright colors upon their 
Pig. 14.—Proboscis Monkey. 
