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SUBKINGDOM TERTEBEATA. 



Monkeys Proper. — The Semnopithecus lacks the cheek- 

 pouches, but is compensated by a stomach with distinct 

 sacs. The Sacred Monkey receives divine honors from the 

 natives of India, who believe it a metamorphosed prince, and 

 punish its slaughter by death, although a trifling fine com- 

 pounds for the murder of a man.* It is permitted to ravage 

 their gardens at will. 



The Proboscis Monkey of Borneo has a flabby nose, six 

 inches long and capable of enormous inflation. 



The C'olohe (mutilated) 

 is named fa-om its lacking 

 a thumb on the anterior 

 extremity. The long 

 white hair of its head 

 falls over the back like a 

 cloak. 



The Guenon approaches 

 the ape in the shortness 

 of its muzzle. With 

 bushy whiskers and varied 

 colors, it is the fop of the 

 monkeys. Its cheek- 

 pouches will contain two 

 days food. Driven by 

 famine, it descends into 

 the fields and commits 

 great havoc. Docile in 

 nature, it is easily tamed, 

 but is an arrant thief, 

 and while gravely receiv- 

 ing caresses will pick the 

 pocket of its confiding 



ViircopUheais mona, GuenoD, 



admirer, f 



* It may have becorae interwoven so remarkably witb tbe superstition of tlie 

 Hindoos on account of being an expert serpent-killer. 



+ The last two genera, with others, include a great number of species which 

 inhabit Africa— the headquarters of the monkey tribe. It is believed that each is 

 restricted to a small territory and jealously guards any intrusion. 



