THE BLACK MACAQUE. 



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its master, and being desirous to render every service in its power, jumps on his shoulder, and 

 examines his head with much care, though, we may hope, with little ultimate satisfaction. 



It often happens that the domesticated Magot takes a fancy for some other animals that 

 may chance to come in its way, especially if they are young and comparatively helpless. It 

 then acts as a voluntary nurse, and performs sundry kind offices for its charge, carrying them 

 about with it, and, like nurses in general, becomes horribly jealous if its authority be in the 

 least infringed. 



Its attitudes are rather singular. When walking or running, it goes chiefly on all-fours, 

 but when it wishes to rest, it sits in a manner very similar to the corresponding attitude in 

 man ; when sleeping it generally lies extended at length, reclining on one side, or gathered up 

 in a seated position, with its head drooping between its hind legs. 



BLACK MACAQUE.— CynocepJialus niger. 



In the absence of a tail, and in general form, the Black Macaque bears some resemblance 

 to the Magot, but in color and arrangement of hair it is entirely distinct from that animal. 



The tint of the fur is as deep a black as that of the Budeng, or Black Colobus, which has 

 been mentioned before. Both these monkeys are possessed of crests which give a peculiar 

 character to the whole aspect. That of the Black Colobus, however, is reverted forward, and 

 curves to a point over the forehead, while that of the animal before us rises from the head and 

 bends backward over the neck in a manner not unlike that of the cockatoo. 



Like the Magot, the Black Macaque has been called an ape by some writers, and a baboon 

 by others, on account of the apology for a tail with which its hinder quarters are terminated, 

 but not decorated. It is an inhabitant of the Phillippines and the neighboring countries. 



There are few races of animals which have not been impressed by their human superiors 

 into their service. Although the bodily powers of man are often more limited than those of 

 the inferior animals, yet the lofty human intellect can more than compensate for corporeal 

 deficiencies by making use of these faculties which are possessed by the subservient creation. 



Thus the Indian hunters take advantage of the active and stealthy chetah, to capture the 

 prey which is too vigilant of sight and too active of foot to be approached by man. 



