THE WANDEROO MONKEY. 
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to the present species. These he distinguished from 
the rest as being white, whereas our animals are black ; 
and as being sometimes as big and as mischievous as 
an English mastiff/' a size which those before us in 
all probability never attain. The uncourteous behaviour 
towards the Macassar ladies which he imputes to them 
must therefore be erased from the catalogue of enor- 
mities justly chargeable upon the species which inhabits 
the Malabar Coast and the island of Ceylon. 
The Wanderoos belong to that group of the Monkey 
tribes of the Old World which has received its name 
from the Macaque, as being probably the most common 
of all the species that compose it. This group or genus 
is distinguished by a blunt and elongated muzzle, form- 
ing a facial angle of from 40° to 45° ; by the prominence 
of the superciliary crests, which overhang the eyes and 
give a peculiar expression to the physiognomy ; by the 
retrocession of the forehead above ; and by the com- 
parative shortness of the tail, which is rarely equal in 
length to the body, but is in some species nearly 
reduced to the dwarfishness of a pig-tail, and in one 
or two others is nothing more than a mere tubercle. 
In their manners there is considerable variety, depen- 
dent in a great degree upon their age, and the society 
to which they have been accustomed. 
The present species, the Lion-tailed Monkey of Pen- 
nant, cannot possibly be confounded with any other. 
Its hair is of a deep black throughout, with the excep- 
tion of the long beard, or mane as it has been sometimes 
called, which descends on each side of the face in the 
form of a ruff, extending downwards over the chest, 
and varying from an ash-gray to a pure white. The 
upper part of its face between the eyes is naked and 
flesh coloured ; the muzzle perfectly black. It has 
large cheek-pouches, and flesh-coloured callosities of 
considerable size. The tail is about half as long as 
