ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
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when shaken against each other; also the body is 
covered with flattened and grooved spines which are 
recumbent like hairs, but capable of being erected. 
On the opposite side of the road is 
A Cage 
containing one or more fine examples of the Pig-tailed 
monkey, M. nemestrinus ; the largest species of the group 
and extremely powerful. The males are possessed of 
enormous canines, and when excited or irritated, they 
exhibit movements which appear to be peculiar to them. 
An attitude frequently repeated under excitement, is the 
following : the monkey depresses its fore-quarters, bringing 
its chin nearly to the ground as if it were preparing to leap, 
and associated with this, the hair on the back part of the 
head, is raised as a kind of crest. If this determined atti¬ 
tude does not disturb the spectator, the monkey generally 
jumps on his platform, sits down and yawns showing his 
formidable canines, thus warning the visitor of the pos¬ 
sessor’s power so far as his dental armature is concerned. 
The yawn, it will be observed, is got up for the occasion, as 
the mouth is first partially opened once or twice before it is 
developed. Another attitude for many of these monkeys 
to assume is, to stand erect on their hind legs and to grasp 
the sides of their hips with their hands, grimacing at 
the same time and advancing. 
This cage is immediately adjoining 
The Sonebursa House. 
This house is named after one of the original Life 
Governors and Donors, the Rajah Bahadur Hurbullub 
Narain Sing of Sonebursa, and has railed enclosures on three 
of its sides communicating directly with the house ; while 
