Apes, Monkeys, and Lemurs 



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WHITK-HANDED GIBBOK. 

 ThTa gibbon is found in the forests of the Malay Arcliii: 



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down the cal:)in break fast- table without 

 upsetting the china. The White-handed 

 Gibbon is found in Tenasserim, south-west 

 of Burma. This ape has a musical howl, 

 which the whole flock utters in the early 

 mornings on the tree-tops. In Northern 

 India, in the hills beyond the Brahmaputra, 

 lives another gibbon, the lIuLOCK. One 

 of these kept in captivity soon learnt to 

 eat properly at meals, and to drink out 

 of a cup, instead of dipping his fingers 

 in the tea and milk and then sucking 

 them. The Silvery GiniiON kept at the 

 Zoological Gardens was a most amiable 

 pet, and had all the agility of the other 

 gibbons. It is very seldom seen in this 

 country, being a native of Java, where it 

 is said to show the most astonishing 

 activity among the tall cane-groves. One 

 of the first ever brought to England 

 belonged to the great Lord Clive. The 

 Agile Gibbon is another and darker ape 

 of this group. 



The list of the man-like ajjcs closes 

 with this group. All the gibbons are 

 highly specialised for tree-climbing and an 

 entirely arboreal life ; but it is undeniable that, apart from the modifications necessary for this, 

 such as the abnormal length of the arms, the skeleton closely resembles that of a human being. 

 In their habits, when wild, none of these apes show any remarkable degree of intelligence; 



but their living is gained in so simpile a 



way, by plucking fruits and leaves, that 

 there is nothing in tlieir surroundings 

 to stimulate thought. They do not need 

 even to think of a time of famine or 

 winter, or to lay up a stock of food for 

 such a season, because they live in the 

 forests under the Equator. 



MONKEYS. 

 The Dog-shafed Monkeys. 



After the gibbons conre a vast 

 number of monkeys of every conceiv- 

 able size, shape, and variety, which 

 naturalists have arranged in consecu- 

 tive order with fair success. Until 

 we reach the Baboons, and go on to 

 the South American Monkeys and 

 the Lemurs, it is not easy to give 

 any idea of what these monkeys do 

 or look like merely by referring, to 

 their scientific groups. The usual 

 order of natural histories will here be 



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HULOCK GIBBON. 



The great lengtli of arm in comparison with the body and liead should here 

 be noted. 



