APES, MONKEYS, AND LEMURS II 
but the next city then sued them for “ killing their deceased ancestors.” In these monkey- 
infested cities, if one man wishes to spite another, he throws a few handfuls of rice on to the roof 
of his house about the rainy season. The monkeys come, find the rice, and quietly lift off many 
of the tiles and throw them away, seeking more rice in the interstices. 
This is not the monkey commonly seen in the hills and at Simla. The large long-tailed 
monkey there is the Himatavan Lancur, one of the common animals of the hills. «“ The 
langur,” says Mr. Lockwood Kipling in his « Beast and Man in India,” “ is, in his way, a king of 
the jungle, nor is he often met with in captivity. In some parts of India troops of langurs come 
bounding with a mighty air of interest and curiosity to look at passing trains, their long tails 
Photo by A. 8, Rudland & Sons 
CROSS-BEARING LANGUR AND YOUNG 
A forest monkey of Borneo 
lifted like notes of interrogation ; but frequently, when fairly perched on a wall or tree alongside, 
they seem to forget all about it,and avert their heads with an affectation of languid indifference.” 
In India no distinction is made between monkeys. It is an abominable act of sacrilege to 
kill one of any kind. In the streets holy bulls, calves, parrakeets, sparrows, and monkeys all rob 
the shops. One monkey-ridden municipality sent off its inconvenient but holy guests by rail, 
advising the station-master to let them loose at the place to which they were consigned. The 
station, Saharanpur, was a kind of Indian Chicago, and the monkeys got into the engine-sheds and 
workshops among the driving-wheels and bands. One got in the double roof of an inspection- 
