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world have noses more like those of men and dogs. The large apes 
have long tails and no cheek pouches, but have very manlike features, 
including also what are known as chimpanzees and orangs belonging 
to the old world. Remember, that some monkeys are manlike, being 
able to walk on two legs, others are doglike, having doglike faces, and 
walking 011 all fours. 
Monkeys have been placed at the head of the animal kingdom, 
because, of all living beings, they most nearly resemble man, who is the 
highest of all creatures. The likeness is not so striking as would at 
first appear, if we will but look at the monkey carefully. We notice 
that their heads are large, and they have heavy jaws suitable for 
cracking nuts, if necessary. Their arms are long in comparison with 
their bodies, and their legs are short, strong and curved, while their 
feet are replaced by paws, the same kind as those of their arms. So 
unlike true feet are their hind paws, that they cannot be placed flat 
upon the ground when the animal is standing on his legs alone, but 
rest painfully upon their side, so that the body can be balanced only 
with very great difficulty. No monkey living is able to stand perfectly 
erect, but leans more or less forward when he walks. There is good 
reason for this, because he is not often required to walk on level 
ground, for his home is in the trees, and he spends almost the whole 
of his life among the branches, and for such an existence he is most 
.wonderfully fitted. His long arms and immense strength allow him 
to perform wonderful things, and permit him to travel from tree to 
tree for hours together without feeling fatigued. Because of these four 
hands the monkey tribe is called by a Latin name the Quadrumana. 
Kinds of Monkeys. —The monkeys are divided into several 
varieties or kinds, of which the apes, including the gorilla, the chimpan¬ 
zee, the orang-outang, the sacred monkey, and the baboon are the 
best known. There are many interesting stories told of members of the 
monkey family. It is said that when Alexander the Great was 011 his 
tour of conquest, he marched through a country which was inhabited 
by the baboons, and encamped among them one night. On the follow¬ 
ing morning when he was about to proceed on his march, his troops 
saw the baboons drawn up like soldiers in line of battle, with so much 
regularity that Alexander’s men at first thought it was the enemy 
