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the floor ; and in that case, lie would inevitably have swallowed every bead that had not been 
seized and eaten by his companion. 
The floor of the cage was strewed with fragmentary trophies of the powers of these most 
mischievous creatures. There were scraps of ribbon, evidently torn from feminine wrists ; 
there were odd fingers and thumbs of gloves, of every material and make ; there were patches 
of various laces and light textures, which had once formed part of summer dresses ; even to 
little pieces of slight walking-sticks, winch had been seized and broken by the monkey in 
excusable avenging of insults offered by their bearers ; — there were representative fragments 
of man, woman, and child, lying tossed about in admirable confusion. 
I never knew so excellent a show of 
trophies, excepting in one instance, where 
several monkeys were confined in the same 
cage, and even in that case, I fancy that the 
superiority was simply occasioned by the less 
frequency with which the cage was swept. It 
is quite a common sight to see the skeleton 
of a parasol or two lying helplessly on the 
floor, or hung derisively from some bar or 
hook that is out of reach of any hand but 
that of the monkey. 
Tassels of all kinds fall easy victims to 
the monkey’s quick paw, and, after being 
well gnawed, are thrown contemptuously on 
the ground. The hard knob that is usually 
found in the upper part of a tassel irritates 
the monkey exceedingly. He thinks that he 
has found a nut concealed! in the silken 
threads, and expends much time and labor 
in trying to crack it. The fine fibres of the 
silk annoy him wonderfully, and the air of 
angry vexation with which he spits out the 
obnoxious threads is highly amusing. 
The fur of the Pig-tailed Macaque is 
tolerably uniform in its hue. The color of 
the greater part of the fur is a light fawn ; 
a dark brown tint is washed over the top of 
the head and along the back, spreading 
partly over the sides, and coloring the upper surface of the tail. The under parts of the 
body and tail, together with the cheeks, are of a lighter tint. 
The last of the Macaques which we shall notice in this work is the monkey which is well 
known under the name of Waxderoo, or Otjaxderoo, as it is sometimes written. 
Although the Wanderoo is by our best authorities considered to be a member of the Ma- 
caques, and is therefore placed among them in this work, some naturalists are more inclined 
to give it a place at the head of the Baboons, and assert that it forms the link between them 
and the Macaques. 
To this decision they are led by the general physiognomy of this monkey, and by the fact 
that the extremity of the tail is furnished with a brush. Still, the muzzle is not of that brutal 
character which is so repulsively exhibited in the baboons, and the nostrils are situated in 
their ordinary position, instead of being pierced at the extremity of the muzzle. 
The Indian name of this animal is “ Mlbandar,” or more properly “Neel-bhunder,” the 
word being a composite one, and signifying a black Bhunder. 
This very singular animal is a native of the East Indies, and is found commonly enough in 
Ceylon. The heavy mass of hair that surmounts the head and envelops the entire face, gives 
it a rather dignified aspect, reminding the observer of the huge peruke under whose learned 
