THE RED MONKEY. 
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borders of that river that A dan son, a French naturalist, noticed their collecting in great troops. The 
little Monkeys were astonished at his appearance, and as they rushed off into the forest they broke off, 
either purposely or by accident, little branches from the tops of the trees, whose falling relieved the 
stillness of the woods. He indulged in some very cruel sport at their expense, for although they had 
been so silent and noiseless in their gambols, lie shot one or two without the others being frightened. 
But when the greater part were more or less wounded, they began to get under cover from the shot, 
some to swing behind large branches, some coming to the ground, and the majority jumping from the 
top of one tree to another. Whilst this little scene (petite manege) was going on, this scientific brute 
still continued to fire on them, and finally he killed twenty-three in less than half an hour. This he 
did in the space of about one hundred and thirty feet, and yet not one screamed, although they often 
assembled together, knitting their brows and grinding their teeth, as if they intended to attack him. 
Broderip, in noticing this, writes, “ I wish they had, with all my heart.” 
They have in common with the other Guenons a fondness for particular parts of them forests, and 
one band will prevent another from entering its favourite haunts ; and this regard for companionship 
and locality is even seen when they are in captivity. Bestless, irritable, and irascible they are ever 
at play, and fighting among themselves, but they will turn to expel a stranger. 
It is said that this Monkey has obtained an American home, and that it was introduced with 
slaves into the Island of St. Kitts. Many escaped into the woods, and have increased considerably in 
number, so as often to pillage the plantations. 
We introduce a kind here whose elegance of colour is great, principally to give a good notion of 
the general aspects of the Guenons, when not on all-fours, and also of the furtive look in the eyes 
of tamed kinds. 
THE RED-BELLIED MONKEY * 
When living at the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent’s Park, this pretty Monkey, with a red 
chest and belly, and slim tail, was very timid, but it liked to be petted by the keeper, being somewhat 
distrustful of its more romping companions. It would take food out of his hand, and seemed pleased, 
and generally played with, his fingers, without attempting to bite. The canine teeth were very 
moderately grown. 
This Monkey inhabits western Africa, and is at once known by the red belly and chest, the white 
beard and whiskers, and the black band across the forehead. It has, moreover, a yellow crown. 
THE RED, OR PATAS MONKEY.f 
The delicate red ground-colour of this Monkey readily distinguishes it from its more favoured 
allies. One in the Zoological Gardens is wonderfully human in the expression of its face and beautiful 
sad-looking large eyes. Its pale lips, eyelids, and cheeks, and the broadisli pale forehead, with a slightly 
ridged nose, add to its appearance of suffering. It has a moustache, a few hairs on its nose, ana 
whiskers, which are very cleanly kept in the proper whisker- line. The hair of the forehead form?* 
a counter-curve, whose peak is just in the centre. Altogether it is a very pretty animal. 
Bruce, the African traveller, when in Western Africa, took that trouble which is very rarely done by 
distinguished travellers in Africa, and observed Monkeys in a state of nature — the Red Monkey in 
particular. It is strange, considering the omnipresence of the Monkey element, that one may look 
over volume after volume of African travels, and very rarely meet with a note or word about them : 
but such is the case. So our obligation to Bruce is great. He says they descended in troops from the 
tops of the trees to the extremities of the branches, earnestly noticing, and apparently much amused 
by, the boats, as they passed along the river. They then began to take courage, and pelt the passengers 
with pieces of wood, thus provoking a most unequal combat. When fired upon, they uttered the most 
frightful cries, and although many fell, the survivors seemed by no means willing to relinquish the 
contest ; on the contrary, they redoubled their efforts. Some flung stones at their adversaries, while 
others collected something very nasty as a missile ; all, in short, displayed a determination of spirit 
which must at all times render them formidable to opponents of weaker powers than themselves. 
Cercop ithccus erythrogaster. 
f Ccrcopithccus ruber. 
