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a new keeper happen to enter their cage, he is likely to be attacked by 

 the whole troop, led generally by an aggressive old male. Keepers have 

 often been wounded in such outbreaks ; but if they are firm and exhibit 

 no nervousness, the monkeys soon recognize their master and resume a 

 peaceful attitude. 



Both the Ehesus and the Macaque monkeys are fond of water 

 and swim and dive well. A number of young monkeys (M. rhesus 

 and M. cynomolgus) were at one time allowed to run loose in the 

 garden ; they greatly enjoyed their freedom, and were often seen on a 

 sultry afternoon perched on one of the trees near the Serpentine lake, 

 and jumping one after another into the water and indulging in a swim. 

 On one occasion they appeared to be engaged in a regular diving match ; 

 they were divided into two parties, sitting on opposite banks of a 

 narrow arm of the lake. Among their acts of mimicry and mischief 

 noticed from time to time the following may be mentioned. On one 

 occasion, one of them having noticed an official of the adjacent Mete- 

 orological Observatory in the act of taking some observation with the 

 aid of certain instruments, proceeded stealthily to the observatory and 

 was seen deliberately to upset one of the instruments. On another 

 occasion one of them intruded into the drawing-room of a lady, then 

 living in the house next to the garden, upset an inkstand and spoiled, 

 it was said, some valuable documents. He did this, it was conjectured, 

 in his uncouth attempt to imitate the lady whom he had observed 

 writing. 



A monkey's capacity for showing affection was exhibited in the 

 behaviour of one of a pair of Ehesus monkeys from the Simla Hills, 

 whose companion had been severely wounded and was therefore kept 

 confined in a small cage for treatment. While the patient was in this 

 condition, the one who was still at large and well was much concerned 

 and would sit almost the whole day by the side of the cage and 

 affectionately caress the invalid in various ways through the bars. 



(29) THE HIMALAYAN MONKEY. 



(MACACUS ASSAMENSIS— McClelland.) 



Description. — An adult Himalayan monkey is larger than a 

 Ehesus ; head and body of a full-grown specimen about 20 inches, 

 tail about 9 ; fur long, wavy and abundant ; bare surface of the 

 seat smaller than in M. Ehesus ; general colour of the body varies 

 from light to dark brown ; lower limbs paler ; no reddish or yellowish 

 tinge in the hinder parts ; face dusky, and never assumes a rufous tinge 

 at any season. This species may be mistaken at first sight for a M. 

 Ehesus from Simla or the Naga Hills, as they both possess long and 

 abundant hair ; but the tail in this species is somewhat smaller and 

 more slender than in the other. 



Hab. — The Himalayas, Assam and Upper Burmah. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 A specimen obtained in April 1877 lived to January 1880. 



