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PLANTS. 
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il, “Opuca Pela > « = . Rice (Oryza satwa))) ~. > Bett 
2. MéAt Td aca yonpras - . . . Sugar Cane (Saccharum officinar um), . 334 
3. Poids, Tie: es Be pe ° Papyrus (Papyrus pangorei), . 335 
4. KaAapos "wdc, es es eealmyrasralmy(Bo7 assus flabelliformis), 336 
5. NavwAuos, . . - . . . Cocoa-nut (Cocos nucifera), . 337 
6. TIdpnBov, . .- - . . Pipal (Ficus rehgiosa), . = Aero. ° 8 hhe 
tf Acvopea elpia acnapiate, - . . Cotton (Gossypium indicum), - ucts Seo o 
8. ZumTaxopas, Se 5.) 2). .. Khusum (Schlcichera tj09@) eS 
OU VAvKLOY; = so... . Wiycimm (Berberis tinctoria), = 340 
10. BdeAAoy, - . . - - - . Bedellium (Balsamodendron mukul, Hook.) 340 
MEW TTemepics. 1 + re ta *y) cn eee pperChipenmigrum) ee 341 
1192. MahaBabpoy, » . . . . . Malabathrum (Cinnamomum tamala), 5 Behl 
Go UGH 5 SG 6g om Ghat (( 35 Sp:), << |p OLS 
14. Kaocia, . sO, a oo, CATER |( cassia), <p ROL 
16. *Ivdundy Ger, Seis Go Abayabiexoyi( (Indigofera tinctoria),. -) en ote 
16. Aevdpov Admous € ae 3 optic Amultas, H.. (Cassia fistula), . Se etote 
17. “AvOos moppupody, . . . Dhaura H. (Grislea tomentosa), . . . 344 
18. Zimraxopas, parte . . .*. Mbowa, H. (Bassia latifolia) aeeeeoo® 
19. “Edooy SE . . . . Sesamum (Sesamewmindicum), . . . 344 
20. Ndpdos, 2 lige . . . .  Spikenard (Wardostachys jatmansi), . 348 
21. Kéoros - 2 + + . « Costus (Aucklandia costus), . . . 3848 
22. Mangrove (Bruguiera gymnor hiza), . 345 
MAMMALS. 
1. Mowxey (IIé@yKos). 
Inuus rhesus, Des. (?)—The Bengal Monkey, or Macacus radiatus, Kuhl. 
The Madras Monkey. 
According to Strabo, © Megasthenes says, ‘‘ There are monkeys, rollers 
of rocks, which climb precipices, whence they roll down stones upon their 
pursuers.”’ I am not prepared to deny that this story may have origi- 
nated in the title of monkey which, as is well known, was freely bestowed 
upon the wild tribes of men who inhabited the jungles of India, and who, 
when attacked, often had recourse to this mode of defence against their 
better armed assailants. But that it is not impossible that the story 
may haye referred to real monkeys will be apparent from the following 
personal experience of my own:—‘‘ When at Malwa Tal, a lake near 
Naini Tal, in the Himalayas, I was warned that in passing under a 
landslip, which slopes down to the lake, I should be liable to have 
stones thrown at me by monkeys. Regarding this as being possibly 
a traveller’s tale, I made a particular point of gomg to the spot in 
order to see what could have given rise to it. As I approached the 
base of the landslip, near the road on the north side of the lake, I saw 
a number of brown monkeys (Jnuus rhesus) rush to the sides and 
8 Vide No. 18. 9 Vide No. 8. 
10 Geographica, xv. 1, 56. Of. Megasthenes, by J. W. M‘Crindle, p. 58. 
