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COCHIN CHINA MONKEY, 
animal, and is extremely rare. The form of the 
nose is most singular, being divided almost into 
two lobes at the tip ; a longitudinal furrow run- 
ning along the middle. It is said to be found 
chiefly in Cochin China., and to grow to a very 
large size. They are sometimes seen in great 
companies, and are considered of a ferocious dis- 
position, though they feed only on fruits. 
The native name of this animal is khi doc, or 
great monkey. 
DoUC, OR COCHIN CHINA MONKEY. 
The robe of this creature, variegated with 
many colours, distinguishes his species in a con- 
spicuous manner. Round his neck there is a 
collar of a purplish, brown colour ; a yellowish 
white beard surrounds his cheeks ; his lips are 
black, and he has a black ring round his eyes ; 
his face is short and fiat ; both his face and ears 
are of a yellowish bay ; his head and body grey ; 
his back, breast, and belly, are yellow ; his leg:s 
are white below, and black above ; his tail is 
white, and there is a large spot of the same 
colour on his loins ; his feet are black, with 
several shades of different colours ; his buttocks 
are covered with hair, which is the case with 
only three others of all the specie-s of apes of 
Asia and of Africa. 
He inhabits Cochin China and Madagascar ; 
Jives mostly on beans, and frequently walks on his 
hind feet ; he is a very large species, about two 
feet long from the nose to the tail ; but his tail 
is not so long. 
Travellers assure us, that in the stomachs of 
the large apes, in the southern provinces of Asia, 
bezoar stones are found, of a superior quality to 
those of the goats and gazelles. It is alleged 
