CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 2. QUADRUMANA 
are supposed to exhibit less intelligence ; though their mental qualities, as well as their physical 
structure, closely assimilate them to the real apes. The old males become morose, sullen, and 
mischievous. 
The Entellus, Hoonuman, or Sacred Monkey, S. entellus, the type of the genus, is of a rusty- 
brown color, the head and body being over two feet in length. It is a native of Bengal, the 
Himalayan Mountains, Nepaul, and Bootan, and is remarkably interwoven with the religion of the 
countries where it is found, especially among the Hindoos. These people believe that the entellus 
is a metamorphosed prince, and to kill one is a deadly sin. As might be expected, this treatment 
has been favorable to the increase of these creatures, and hence they absolutely swarm in many 
places, and especially in the vicinity of the temples. In some parts they are a complete pest, as 
they destroy vast quantities of fruit in the gardens and plantations. M. Duvaucel has given an 
interesting account of the careful watch which the Bengalese kept over him to prevent his killing 
this sacred animal, holding a high place among the thirty millions of Indian gods, and to save 
himself from dying within the year, which, according to popular belief, is sure to be the fate of 
one who puts an entellus monkey to death. He was haraiigued by the Hindoos upon the danger 
of injuring animals which were no other than princes and heroes under the operation of the me- 
tempsychosis. Unmoved by their eloquence, and eager to possess a specimen, he leveled and 
brought down a " princess !" But the acquisition was dearly bought. The ill-fated creature had 
a young one on her back, and, though shot through the heart, the mother exhausted her remains 
of life in throwing it into the branches of a neighboring tree, then fell and expired at the feet of 
her destroyer. It is but just to add, that he mourned over the deed he had done. 
The following account from a late traveler in India will give some idea of the immense num- 
bers, as well as the habits of these " sacred monkeys :" 
" On another occasion," says the narrator, " in company with the assistant magistrate of the 
district, I started in a buggy for a morning's drive to Deobund, fi-om which we were some twelve 
miles distant. AVe were attended by two sowars — native horsemen, or mounted police — and 
having a swift mare, we got over the ground at a rapid pace. When about two miles from the 
bungalow, we overtook a tribe of large monkeys. I should say there Avere as many as four hun- 
dred, and each carried a stick of uniform length and shape. They moved along in ranks or com- 
panies — just, in short, as though they were imitating a wing of a regiment of infantry. At the 
head of the tribe was an old and very powerful monke}'-, who was no doubt the chief. It Avas a 
very odd sight, and I became greatly interested in the movements of these creatures. There could 
