MACAQUES. 
fully satisfied myself that this was not merely accidental; for I distinctly saw one 
monkey industriously, with both forepaws, and with obvious malice prepense, 
pushing the loose shingle off a shoulder of rock. I then tried the effect of throw¬ 
ing stones at them, and this made them quite angry, and the number of fragments 
which they then set rolling was speedily doubled. This, though it does not actually 
amount to throwing or projecting an object by monkeys as a means of offence, 
comes very near to the same thing, and makes me think that there may be truth 
in the stories of their throwing fruit at people from trees.” 
It is probable that the Bengal monkey ranges to the north-east into Assam 
and Upper Burma, and thence into the province of Yunnan, in Western China. 
In Szechuen, and eastwards into the interior, it is replaced by the closely allied 
Chinese rhesus (M. lasiotis). 
Another nearly related species is the Himalayan macaque (71/. cissamensis), 
found at considerable elevations in the Eastern Himalaya, Assam, the Mishmi Hills, 
and parts of Upper Burma. According to Mr. Blanford it is distinguished from 
the Bengal monkey by the wavy nature of the hair, which in the Himalayan 
specimens assumes a decidedly woolly texture. Dr. Anderson tells us that it is 
larger than the last-named species, and more powerfully and compactly built, and 
thus approaches the under-mentioned pig-tailed monkey. Mr. Blanford further 
observes that, whether wild or tame, it is more sluggish in its movements than the 
Bengal monkey; and also that there is a slight difference between the voice of the 
two species. 
The Pig-Tailed Monkey (Macacus nemestrinus). 
The next species of macaque we select for notice is the one represented in 
the figure on the following page, and commonly known as the pig-tailed monkey. 
It is distinguished from those we have already mentioned by the shorter tail, which 
is thin and whip-like, and only about one-third the length of the head and body. 
It is a comparatively stout and long-limbed monkey, easily recognised by the 
hair radiating from the centre of the head, the slender pig-like tail, and the very 
projecting muzzle, which approximates to that of the baboons. Dr. Anderson 
compares an adult full-grown male to a good-sized mastiff, both as regards size 
and strength. This monkey has been long known to science, and was described by 
Buffon as the maimon. It inhabits the province of Tenasserim, and thence extends 
southwards into the Malay Peninsula, and is also found in the islands of Borneo 
and Sumatra. 
The voice and manners of this monkey are described as being very similar to 
those of the Bengal monkey. Its habits were long ago described by Sir Stamford 
Raffles from specimens observed by him in Sumatra,; and this writer relates that 
the inhabitants of that island train these monkeys to ascend the cocoa-palms, and 
select and then throw down the ripest fruit. It seems probable that it must be 
only young or female individuals that are thus taught to serve their masters, since 
the old males are exceedingly fierce and vicious, and from their size and powerful 
build are formidable antagonists. 
