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ance of the bunder, is the looseness of its skin, and its bagginess about the 
throat. 
The Gibraltar Magot (Inuus ecaudatus ) is really only a naturalized citizen 
of Gibraltar, as its real habitat is the Barbary States. It prefers to pass its 
life on the rocks, where it moves about in large packs, seemingly under the 
guidance and rule of a single, absolute monarch. The magot is very powerful, 
active, nimble, quick-sensed and ingenious. Like most monkeys, it dreads the 
panther and its relatives, but is more irritated than frightened if approached 
openly. It is about three feet or less in length, gray in color, eyes sunk under 
prominent brows, which set off a roundish, heavy, dog-like head, which is sup¬ 
ported by a short, thick neck: altogether its appearance is fierce and formidable. 
If captured when young it displays great intelligence, and readily learns new 
tricks; but as it grows older, and its captivity becomes more grievous, it is apt 
to sink into a lethargy, or at least exhibit all the signs of a broken spirit, and 
of a heart bowed down with woe. In a state of freedom it is frugivorous and 
insectivorous, but in captivity it becomes omnivorous. When eating, it carefully 
examines each separate insect or article of food, and adds to the grimaces and con¬ 
tortions of other monkeys that of sucking in its cheeks. It moves about on all 
fours, but rests in the same attitude as that of a person occupying a chair, and sleeps 
either lying at length on its side or sitting on its haunches, with its head reposing 
between its hind legs ; its tail is so rudimentary as to be almost a mere symbol. 
The Black Macaque ( Cynocephalus niger ) belongs to the Philippine Islands, 
and bears some faint resemblance to the magot. It is, however, much larger; 
its prominent eyebrows extend like a rubber band beyond the eyes, the face is 
elongated so that it looks like that of the true ape, and its head is ornamented 
by a crest of long hair which, though noticeably erect, keeps pointing back¬ 
ward. It is stout and muscular, but differs from the other species in appear¬ 
ance rather than in habits and characteristics. 
The Bruh, or Pig-tailed Macaque ( Macacus nemestrinus), belongs in habi¬ 
tat to Sumatra, and even among the many ingenious species of monkey, distin¬ 
guishes himself by his cleverness. It is trained by the natives to gather cocoanuts 
from the lofty palms, and to discriminate with the greatest nicety the choicest 
fruit of the tree. It is of medium size, mainly fawn-colored, with browner shades 
on the top of the back and head, on the sides to a small extent, and on the 
uppermost side of the tail, which is short and curved like that of a pig. It is 
exceedingly cunning, inquisitive and mischievous and will concoct the most 
subtle schemes for coming into possession of any article of wearing apparel, 
which it destroys after having amused itself in its examination. 
The Wanderoo ( Silenus veter) is classed with monkeys by some, and with 
baboons by other naturalists; it resembles the baboon in having a bushy tail, 
and for our purposes may be regarded as a convenient form of transition from 
the monkeys. It is called by the natives the neelbunder, and it is spoken of 
by travellers as the bunder. Its head and face are surrounded by long, bushy 
hair, looking like a combination of a judge’s wfig and an enormous pair of 
false whiskers; this capillary ornament is entirely white, so that it lends 
the most comical appearance of undisturbed dignity and seriousness to the 
monkey’s melancholy countenance. It avoids the habitations of man, and seems 
to have selected the calling of some mediaeval ascetic. In captivity it is very 
capricious, but grows increasingly ill-tempered as it gets older* 
