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even such articles as had previously been the occasions of 

 his punishment, and he executed his thefts with dexterity 

 and silence. He would open chests or boxes in which the 

 key had been left, by turning it. He could untie knots, 

 open the rings of a chain, and.search your pockets with so 

 much address, that you did not feel his hand there, although 

 conscious that he was in the act of plundering you. The 

 examination, indeed, of pockets was his most agreeable oc- 

 cupation, doubtless because he expected to find there arti- 

 cles of food, which were purposely placed there for him. 

 He was not very conspicuous for affection, but when tran- 

 quil and preoccupied with nothing he received caresses 

 with pleasure. When any exhibited an inclination to 

 play with him, he signified his assent in a very graceful 

 manner. He would throw himself into all possible atti- 

 tudes, bite gently, press himself against the person, and 

 accompany all these little gambols with a soft and gentle 

 cry, which appeared to be in him the expression of joy. 

 He never made grimaces of any kind, his countenance was 

 always calm and often serious, and he never exhibited any 

 of those disgusting propensities so revolting in many others 

 of the Quadrumana. 



The Mustache monkey may be considered as belonging to 

 that group of Guenons, of which the Mone seemed to present 

 a sort of moral type, and which is chiefly characterized by 

 gentleness, gracefulness, and a tendency to affection and 

 fondness of being caressed. The Mustache, in fact, com- 

 bines these characters in a very high degree, and in him as 

 well as in the Mone and Ascagne, or vaulting monkey, there 

 is a strict analogy between those intellectual traits and the 

 conformation of the cranium. They have a spacious fore- 

 head projecting over the face, a nose well marked between 

 the eyes, and few traces'of that superciliary crest, which cha- 

 racterizes others of the race. In other respects this species 

 as all the Guenon character, and the traits by which it 



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