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THE PIG -TAILED MACAQUE. 



In the bird-kingdom, the falcons take the place of the chetah, and chase through the 

 realms of air those creatures whose wings would carry them beyond the grasp of man or the 

 range of any weapon which he could devise. 



Again, the otter and the cormorant are both employed for the capture of fish in their 

 native element, although the one is a quadruped and the other a bird. 



The ponderous strength of the elephant, and the drought-enduring powers of the camel, 

 are equally utilized by man ; and indeed, throughout the whole creation, whether of animate 

 or inanimate bodies, there is perhaps no one object that cannot, either directly or indirectly, 

 1 be converted to some human use. 



Some there are, which are more directly profitable than others, among which may be 

 enumerated the long list of domesticated animals which are familiar to us from childhood. 



PIG-TAILED MACAQUE.— Macacus nemestrinus. 



Many of these animals, such as the horse and the dog, are universally employed in all parts of 

 the world, while others, such as the camel, are of no service except in the peculiar climate and 

 among the peculiar circumstances for which they were created. 



Among these latter animals is the monkey which is depicted in the engraving. This is 

 the Pig -tailed Macaque, sometimes called the Bruh. 



An inhabitant of Sumatra and neighboring parts, the Bruh is possessed of the activity which 

 distinguishes the monkey tribes, and withal is endowed with a larger share of intelligence than 

 usual , even with the quadrumanous animals. The inhabitants of Sumatra are in the habit of 

 capturing the Pig-tailed Macaque when young, and training it to climb the lofty cocoa-nut 

 palms for the purpose of gathering the fruit. So clever are the monkeys, and so ingenious are 

 the teachers, that the young scholars are instructed to select the matured nuts only, leaving 

 the others to ripen on the tree. On this account, the Bruh has been called by a name which 

 signifies the "fruit-gatherer." 



In captivity it is generally an amusing animal, displaying to the full those traits of 

 curiosity, impertinence, petty malice, and quaint humor, for which the monkeys are celebrated, 

 enhanced by a spice of something that is not very far removed from wit. 



I have often remarked the exceeding ingenuity of this animal in planning an attack on 

 some unsuspecting person, its patience in biding its time, and its prompt rapidity of execution. 



