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the pig-tailed macaque : 
In the bird-kingdom, the falcons take the place of the chetah, and chase through the 
realms of air those creatures whose wings would carry them beyond the grasp of man or the 
range of any weapon which he could devise. 
Again, the otter and the cormorant are both employed for the capture of fish in their 
native element, although the one is a quadruped and the other a bird. 
The ponderous strength of the elephant, and the drought-enduring powers of the camel, 
are equally utilized by man ; and indeed, throughout the whole creation, whether of animate 
or inanimate bodies, there is perhaps no one object that cannot, either directly or indirectly, 
be converted to some human use. 
Some there are, which are more directly profitable than others, among which may be 
enumerated the long list of domesticated animals which are familiar to us from childhood. 
PIG- TAILED MACAQUE .— Macacus nemestrinus. 
Many of these animals, such as the horse and the dog, are universally employed in rd 1 parts of 
the world, while others, such as the camel, are of no service except hi the peculiar climate and 
among the peculiar circumstances for which they vcre created. 
Among these latter animals is the monkey which is depicted in the engraving. This is 
the Pig -tailed .Macaqij.e, sometimes called the Beuh. 
An inhabitant of Sumatra andmeighboring parts, the Bruh is possessed of the activity which 
iistinguish.es the monkey tribes, and withal is endowed with a larger share of intelligence than 
usual, even with the quadrumanous animals. The inhabitants of Sumatra are in the habit of 
capturing the Pig-tailed Macaque when young, and training it to climb the lofty cocoa-nut 
palms for the purpose of gathering the fruit. So clever are the monkeys, and so ingenious are 
the teachers, that the young scholars are instructed to select the matured nuts only, leaving 
the others to ripen on the tree. On this account, the Bruh has been call d by a name which 
signifies the “ fruit-gatherer.” 
In captivity it is generally an amusing animal, displaying to the full those traits of 
curiosity, impertinence, petty malice, and quaint humor, for which the monkeys are celebrated, 
enhanced by a spice of something that is not very far removed from wit. 
I have often remarked the exceeding ingenuity of this animal in planning an attack on 
some unsuspecting person, its patience in biding its time, and its prompt rapidity of execution. 
