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THE LARGER MONKEYS 
House the animals are mainly grouped geographically. 
African monkeys, such as the velvet, malbrook, 
grivet, and green monkey, are in one compartment, 
Capuchins and other South American monkeys in 
a second, Indian monkeys in a third. One of the 
most friendly and amusing is a little “ bonnet-monkey,” 
not much bigger than a rat. Its face is exactly like 
that of an old Chinaman, with the slanting eyes, flat, 
short nose, wrinkled and surprised cast of expression, 
long upper lip, and hair growing backwards with a 
parting. Another odd little monkey is the little Java 
pig-tail, “ Bob.” He is a most friendly little fellow, 
running up and catching hold of the keeper’s arm 
the moment he comes near the cage, or putting its 
arms round his neck if he leans with his back against 
the wires. Bob keeps the whole cage-full in good 
spirits with his tricks. He is not the least afraid of 
any visitor, catching hold of a human hand or arm in 
the most familiar way, though his attention may be 
mainly engaged in what is going on among the 
monkeys. 
Though so many species of monkeys are now 
known, there is always the chance of the discovery of 
some unknown and monstrous ape, because these are 
always animals living in the region of the great forests 
near the equator. Great forests are now well under- 
stood to be the most inaccessible portions of the 
earth. It is no paradox to say, that the range of life 
in the ocean abyss, where the explorer gropes for 
creatures which have invaded regions lying below 
