10 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
habits and appearance of the 
monkeys specially noticed. 
This great family of true 
monkeys contains. the Sacred 
Monkeys, or Langurs, of India, the 
Guerezas and Guenons of Africa, 
the Mangabeys, Macaques, and 
Baboons. Most of them have 
naked, hard patches of skin on the 
hindquarters, and the partition be- 
tween the nostrils is narrow. Some 
have tails, some none, and they 
exhibit the most astonishing dif- 
ferences of size and shape. Per- 
haps the most grotesque and 
astonishing of them all is the 
Proposcis Monkey. It is allied 
to the langurs, and is a native of 
the island of Borneo, to which it 
is confined ; its home is the west 
bank of the Sarawak River. It 
is an arboreal creature, living in 
small companies. Mr. Hose, who 
Photo by A, 8, Rudland & Sons saw them in their native haunts, 
HEAD OF PROBOSCIS MONKEY says that the proboscis monkeys 
4 native of Borneo. Next to the orang-utan, the most striking monkey in the Malay kept in the trees overhanging the 
Archipelago river, and were most difficult to 
shoot. “I saw altogether about 150 of these monkeys, and without a single exception all were 
in trees over the water, either lake, river, or in submerged forest. As long as they are in sight, 
they are very conspicuous objects, choosing the most commanding positions on open tree-tops. 
Once I saw thirteen in one tree, sitting lazily on the branches, as is their habit, sunning them- 
selves, and enjoying the scenery.” They are very striking animals in colour, as well as in form. 
The face is cinnamon-brown, the sides marked with reddish brown and white, the belly white, 
the back red-brown and dark brown. Next to the orang-utan, these are the most striking 
monkeys in the Malay Archipelago. 
The greater number of the species intermediate between the gibbons and the New World 
species are called “ Doc-sHaPpED” Monkeys. We wonder why? Only the baboon and a few 
others are in the least like dogs. The various SacreD Monkeys of India are often seen in this 
country, and are quite representative of the “ miscellaneous” monkeys in general. Most of them 
have cheek-pouches, a useful monkey-pocket. They poke food into their pouches, which unfold 
to be filled, or lie flat when not wanted ; and with a pocketful of nuts or rice on either side of their 
faces, they can scream, eat, bite, or scold quite comfortably, which they could not do with their 
mouths full. The pouchless monkeys have only their big stomachs to rely on. 
The EnretLtus Monkey is the most sacred of all in India. It is gray above and nutty 
brown below, long-legged and active, a thief and an impudent robber. In one of the Indian 
cities they became such a nuisance that the faithful determined to catch and send away some 
hundreds. This was done, and the holy monkeys were deported in covered carts, and released 
many miles off. But the monkeys were too clever. Having thoroughly enjoyed their ride, they 
all refused to part with the carts, and, hopping and grimacing, came leaping all the way back 
beside them to the city, grateful for their outing. One city obtained leave to kill the monkeys ; 
