16 MONKEYS. 
cies are represented on the left in the en- 
graving. 
In many parts of India animals of the mon- 
key trihe are objects of worship to the natives, 
and magnificent temples are appropriated to 
their accommodation. 
M. D’Obsonville, who, during his travels in 
India appears to have been a close observer of 
the manners of these animals, says that the 
tenderness of the females, even in a com- 
pletely wild state, to their young, is very re- 1 
markable. They hold them in proper obe- 
dience, and the traveller relates that he has ; 
seen them suckle, caress, clean, and piek the ' 
vermin from their young, and afterwards, | 
squatting on their hams, watch them with 
evident delight playing with one another. | 
They would wrestle, throw, and chase each 
other ; and if any of them showed malice in ’ 
their antics, the dam would spring upon them, 
and, seizing them by the tail with one paw. 
