1 80 Quadrupeds. 
THE PROBOSCIS. THE DIANA MONKEY. 
(Nasalis larvatus.) (Cercopithecus Diana.) 
The Proboscis Monkey is so called from its long project- 
ing and disproportionate nose ; it is an inhabitant of the 
island of Borneo, where it lives in troops on trees in 
the vicinity of its rivers. It is of a savage disposition. 
The Diana Monkey is called after the goddess of that 
name, from the crescent of white hair which ornaments 
its brow. It is very playful, and one of the most grace- 
ful of the tribe ; it is found in the hottest parts of Africa. 
Monkeys are less in stature, and more numerous, than the 
apes and baboons. They live almost entirely in trees. 
Their natural food is vegetable — fruit of all sorts, corn, 
and even grass ; but when domesticated, they learn to eat 
almost anything that is served on our tables. 
There are few persons that are not acquainted with 
the various mimicries of these animals, and their ca- 
pricious feats of activity. Anecdotes of this kind are 
very numerous ; we shall content ourselves by giving 
the following : — Captain Stedman, while hunting among 
the woods of Surinam for provisions, says, that he shot 
at two of these animals, but that the destruction to one 
of them was attended with such circumstances as to 
ever afterwards deter him from going monkey hunting. 
" Seeing me nearly on the bank of the river, in the 
