PROBOSCIS MONKEY. 
There appears, in the aspect of this sin- 
gular animal, such an extravagant and disgust- 
ing union of caricature, between the Human 
and the Monkey race, that the figure would 
seem to be the result of a whimsical and not 
very felicitous fancy, rather than any deline- 
ation after nature; were we not assured, that 
the original, which was first described by 
Monsieur D'Aubenton, is preserved in the 
Royal Cabinet at Paris. It is the Simia Na- 
salis, of Gmelin's Linnaeus ; the Long-Nosed 
Guenon, of Buffon ; and the Proboscis Mon- 
key, of Pennant and other English naturalists. 
This animal is said to attain to a very large 
size. The subject described by M. D'Auben- 
ton, and which is represented in the annexed 
print, measured only two feet, from the tip of 
the nose to the tail: the tail was above two 
feet long. 
Pennant has described the Proboscis Mon- 
key as having a nose which projects very far 
beyond the mouth, like the human, but di- 
vided all along the middle by a shallow fur- 
row ; 
