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VERTEBEATA. 
THE KAIIAU, OR LONG-NOSED MONKEY. 
Troops, consisting of more tlaan fifty individuals, are often found together. If a person meets 
them in the forests, it is prudent to observe them at a distance. They emit loud screams on the 
approach of man, and by the violent bustle and commotion excited by their movements, branches 
of decaying trees are not unfrequently detached, and precipitated on the spectators. They are 
often hunted by the natives for the p>urpose of obtaining their fur. In these pursuits, -which are 
generally ordered and attended by the chiefs, the animals are attacked with cudgels and stones, 
and cruelly desti-oyed in great numbers. The skins are prepared by a simple process which the 
natives have acquired from the Europeans, and they conduct it at present with great skill. It 
affords a fur of a jot-black color, covered with long silky hairs, which is usefully employed both 
by the natives and Europeans in preparing'riding equipages and military decorations. The budeng, 
during its young state, feeds on tender leaves of plants and trees; and when adult, on wild fruits 
of every description, which are found in great abundance in the forests which it inhabits. 
The Kahait, or Proboscis Monkey, S. nasalis, or S. larmtus^ is chiefly distinguished by its 
enormous nasal organ, which gives it a ludicrous resemblance to a large-nosed old man. This 
protuberance is of a flabby substance, and is capable of being enormously inflated. The form of 
the body is stout, the length being about three feet. The general color is reddish-brown. This 
species is a native of Borneo, and would seem sometimes to be found in Southern India. As there 
is no part of the world more rich in animal curiosities than this, so the kahau among these is one 
of the most extraordinary. Figure to yourself an old man three feet and a half high, with a bent 
back, an aspect of decay, and a crabbed look, yet possessing all the petulance and vivacity of 
youth, and you have the portrait of one of these eccentric ci-eatures. You must add, however, a 
nose six inches long, and black as a coal, in order to render the image complete. 
Mr. Adams gives us the following additional sketch, including a portrait of the gentler sex : 
" When excited and angry, the female of this species resembles some tanned and peevish hag, 
snarling and shroAvish. When walking on all-fours, they often raise themselves upright and look 
about. When they sleep, they squat on their hams, and bow their heads on the breast. When 
disturbed, tbey utter a short, impatient cry, between a sneeze and a scream : when they emit 
this wheezing, hissing sound, they twist and wrinkle the nose, and open the mouth wide." 
