FIG-TAILED MONKEY, 
■concealed within the skin. It has callositie;? 
on the buttocks ; and the female is subject to 
menstruation. 
The Pig-Tailed Monkey is a native of 
Sumatra, and some other southern provinces of 
India, as well as of Japan ; for which reason 
it is but little adapted to sustain the rigours of 
our climate. That which BuiFon saw at Pa- 
ris lived but a very short time ; and Edwards's 
lived only one year in London. 
** This beast," says Edwards, was 
brought into England in 1732. It was ex- 
tremely spirited, and full of adiion, and was 
near the bigness of our common house cat: it 
was a male, and lived under my care only one 
year; and another of them, a female, hap- 
pening at the same time to be exposed in a 
shew of beasts, I brought the two exiles to- 
gether, to see if they would claim or acknow- 
ledge^ their kindred. The moment they came 
into each other's presence, they testified their 
mutual satisfadllon, and seemed quite trans- 
ported at the interview." 
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