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These creatures live in large companies in the forests, along the banks of rivers, where it is 
their custom to make an excursion, morning and evening, bounding, chasing, frolicking, and giving 
themselves up to the most tumultuous sport. Their constant noisy outcry of Kahau, Jcahau^ fre- 
quently attracts the hunter, and results in their destruction. Their disposition is savage and mis- 
chievous. 
The Dyacks declare that this monkey is a human being that lives retired in the woods in order 
to avoid taxation. M. Geoffroy tells us that a short time before the French revolution of 1789, 
Tippoo Sahib's ambassadors at Paris were greatly delighted at seeing one of these creatures in the 
Garden of Plants, whom they recognized as a countryman, and to whom they imputed a high 
moral and mental intelligence. Napoleon insisted that a big nose was evidence of talent in a man, 
and Tippoo's diplomats evidently thought the rule apphcable to monkeys. 
The Doug, ^S*. nemceus, is a native of Cochin China, and is noted alike for its vivacity and the 
striking contrasts in the color of its fur, the upper part -of its body being gray, speckled with black ; 
the thighs and fingers, black; the legs and tarsus of a bright russet ; the fore-arms, thumb, lower 
part of the legs, haunches, and tail of a pure white. These animals live in large troops, and are 
of inoffensive habits, if not molested. 
The preceding are the best known and most interesting -species of Semnopithecs. Many 
others, however, are described by naturalists, among which are the White-rumped Monkey of 
Ceylon, S. leucojirymnus ; Dussumier's Monkey, of Malabar, S. Dussumieri ; the Hooded Mon- 
key, also of Malabar, S. cucullatus ; the S. obscurus, of Malacca ; the White-footed Monkey of 
Manilla, S. albipes ; the Snowy Monkey, >S'. pruinosus ; the Negro, or Tchincou Monkey, of 
Java, S. Maurus ? the Crested Monkey of Sumatra and Borneo, 8. cristatus ; the Femoral 
Monkey of Borneo, S. femoralis ; the Golden Monkey of Java and the Moluccas, S. auratus ; 
the Crowned Monkey, S. frontatus^ the S. rubicundus of Schlegel, and the Gold-haired 
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