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The defeated troop were thoroughly cowed, for one of the number 

 actually allowed me 'to approach it quite closely without moving. 



I certainly do not ascribe the onslaught I saw to sexual excitement ; 

 it was plainly an incursion of a stronger troop into the domain of a weaker 

 one ; and under mistaken counsel the weaker hesitated too long in 

 yielding their feeding ground. 



The mangoes were formed sufficiently to be objects of cupidity, and 

 in the absence of human consumers they were worthy of contention to 

 marauding " Hanumans." 



On the morning following the fight, I examined the teeth of the 

 big monkey who had been emasculated, and noticed what formidable 

 weapons his canines were. I no longer wonder at the celerity with 

 which the combatants tore and mutilated each other. 



In concluding this trespass on your time, I wish to explain that my 

 remarks have been as brief as possible, from a feeling that their proper 

 place would have been in the sporting pages of the " Asian" newspaper. 



If my observations are reliable I think we may believe : 



(a) That the herding of males for many months in the year uncheer- 

 ed by the presence of female companions is improbable : 



(&) That the appropriation of an entire herd of females by one male 

 is extremely doubtful : 



(c) That seasonal frays dependent on sexual exuberance are ques- 

 tionable : 



(d) That there are ejection fights, in which death or damage is the 

 war cry, irrespective of sex. 



LlBI^ARY. 



The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 meeting held in August last. 



TRANSACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS, AND JoURJMALS, 



presented by the respective Societies and Editors. 

 Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University, — Circulars, Vol. Ill, No. 32. 

 Berlin. K. preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften, — Abhandlungen, 



1883. 



. . Sitzungsberichte, Nos. 1—17, 1884. 



Bombay. Indian Antiquary, — Vol. XIII, No. 159, August, 1884. 

 Bordeaux. Societe de Geographie Commerciale, — Bulletin, No. 14, 



1884. 

 Boston. American Oriental Society, — Proceedings, May, 1884. 



