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Or Varied Monkey. 
The Mona, or varied Monkey, is the most common 
of the Monkey tribe. We kept one of them alive several 
years. This alone is sufficient to prove it is net a native 
of the hot countries of Africa and India. In fact, it is 
met with in Barbary, Arabia, Persia, &c. The visage 
of this animal is of a brown hue, with a kind of white 
beard, mixt with yellow and a little black. The back is 
red and black ; the belly and the hind parts of the thighs 
and legs whitish, though the fore parts of the two last are 
of a black colour. The tail is of an ash colour, marked 
with two white spots, one on each side, at its insertion. 
On its forehead the hair is of a grey colour, in the form 
of a crescent, and between the eyes and the ears is a black 
stripe, as there is from the ears to the shoulders and 
arms. 
The Monkey is for the most part far more docile than 
the baboon, and not so sullen as the ape. It is extrava- 
gantly spirited, but not ferocious. The Mona is in par- 
ticular susceptible of education, and even attached to 
those persons who take care of it. The one which we 
reared, would suffer itself to be handled by those it 
knew, but would often bite strangers. It was chained, 
but was desirous of its liberty ; for, when it either broke 
its chain, or got loose, it would run aw r ay, and would 
not suffer itself to be retaken by any other person than 
its master. It ate every thing that was offered to it, 
especially flesh, bread, and its favourite food, fruits. 
The Mona is about a foot and a half long. 
