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  PITHECUS 
  

  

  mollusca. 
  In 
  summer 
  it 
  comes 
  in 
  numbers 
  during 
  the 
  night, 
  and 
  

   commits 
  depredations 
  among 
  the 
  fields 
  of 
  sugar 
  cane, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  among 
  

   fruit-trees, 
  showing 
  partiality 
  for 
  the 
  small, 
  round, 
  clustering 
  berries 
  

   of 
  the 
  Longan, 
  Nephelium 
  longanum. 
  In 
  the 
  caverns 
  among 
  these 
  

   hills 
  they 
  herd; 
  and 
  in 
  June 
  the 
  females 
  may 
  be 
  frequently 
  seen 
  in 
  

   retired 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  hills, 
  with 
  their 
  solitary 
  young 
  ones 
  at 
  their 
  breasts. 
  

  

  "These 
  animals 
  betray 
  much 
  uneasiness 
  at 
  human 
  approach, 
  

   disappearing 
  in 
  no 
  time, 
  and 
  skulking 
  in 
  their 
  holes 
  until 
  the 
  intruder 
  

   has 
  passed. 
  They 
  seem, 
  too, 
  to 
  possess 
  abundance 
  of 
  self 
  complacence 
  

   and 
  resource; 
  for 
  I 
  have 
  frequently 
  seen 
  a 
  Monkey 
  seated 
  on 
  a 
  rock 
  

   by 
  himself, 
  chattering 
  and 
  crying 
  merely 
  for 
  his 
  own 
  amusement 
  and 
  

   gratification. 
  Whatever 
  Mr. 
  Waterton 
  may 
  say 
  of 
  the 
  tree-loving 
  

   propensities 
  of 
  Monkeys 
  in 
  general, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  certain 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  

   shows 
  a 
  marked 
  preference 
  for 
  bare 
  rocks, 
  covered 
  only 
  with 
  grass 
  

   and 
  bush; 
  for 
  if 
  he 
  preferred 
  the 
  forest 
  he 
  might 
  very 
  easily 
  satisfy 
  

   his 
  desire 
  by 
  retiring 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  further 
  inland, 
  where 
  he 
  could 
  find 
  

   it 
  in 
  abundance. 
  But, 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  in 
  the 
  forest, 
  he 
  is 
  only 
  

   occasionally 
  an 
  intruder, 
  resorting 
  thither 
  when 
  foods 
  fail 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  

   grassy 
  hills 
  by 
  the 
  sea, 
  where 
  he 
  loves 
  to 
  make 
  his 
  home. 
  

  

  "Rock-Monkeys 
  are 
  also 
  found, 
  I 
  am 
  told, 
  in 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Lintin, 
  

   near 
  Hong 
  Kong, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  islands 
  on 
  the 
  Chinese 
  

   coast; 
  but, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  any 
  of 
  them, 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  say 
  

   whether 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  the 
  Formosan. 
  The 
  Chinese 
  

   have 
  a 
  fanciful 
  idea 
  that 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  a 
  Monkey 
  is 
  a 
  caricature 
  of 
  the 
  

   Tartar 
  pendant 
  into 
  which 
  they 
  twist 
  their 
  long 
  black 
  hair, 
  and 
  they 
  

   invariably 
  chop 
  it 
  off 
  any 
  Monkey 
  that 
  comes 
  into 
  their 
  possession. 
  

   Hence 
  the 
  difficulty 
  of 
  procuring 
  Monkeys 
  in 
  China 
  with 
  perfect 
  

   tails." 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  of 
  this 
  monkey 
  on 
  arriving 
  at 
  maturity 
  exhibits 
  the 
  

   most 
  extraordinary 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  at 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  

   and 
  not 
  only 
  are 
  the 
  callosities 
  and 
  external 
  genital 
  organs 
  swollen 
  

   but 
  the 
  tail 
  itself 
  at 
  the 
  proximal 
  end 
  is 
  greatly 
  increased. 
  The 
  skins 
  

   and 
  subcutaneous 
  tissues 
  are 
  enormously 
  extended, 
  and 
  colored 
  purple, 
  

   deep 
  red, 
  and 
  roseate, 
  and 
  hang 
  in 
  deep 
  folds 
  as 
  if 
  overcharged 
  with 
  

   blood, 
  the 
  whole 
  affair 
  assuming 
  a 
  hideous 
  aspect. 
  This 
  immense 
  

   dilatation 
  of 
  the 
  buttocks 
  is 
  provided 
  for 
  by 
  an 
  aberrant 
  adaptation 
  of 
  

   the 
  ischial 
  bones, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Murie 
  (1. 
  c.) 
  in 
  his 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

   skeleton 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  "pelvic 
  bones 
  have 
  a 
  most 
  unusual 
  curvature 
  

   in 
  their 
  long 
  axis, 
  certainly 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  Rhesus 
  and 
  other 
  

   Macaques. 
  The 
  ilium 
  anteriorly 
  overrides 
  the 
  sacrum 
  far 
  more 
  than 
  

   is 
  ordinarily 
  the 
  case. 
  Its 
  upper 
  surface 
  is 
  markedly 
  concave 
  trans- 
  

  

  