water, examined me with attention, and the strongest marks of curiosity, no doubt taking me for a giant of his own species; while he chattered prodigiously, and kept dancing and shaking the bough on which he rested with incredible strength and agility. At this time I laid my piece to my shoulder, and brought him down from the tree into the stream;-but, may I never again be witness to such a scene! The miserable animal was not dead, but mortally wounded. I seized him by the tail, and, taking him in both my hands, to end his torment, swung him round, and hit his head against the side of the canoe; but the poor creature still continued alive, and looking at me in the most affecting manner that can be conceived, I knew no other means of ending his murder, than to hold him under water till he was drowned, while my heart sickened on his account: for his dying little eyes still continued to follow me with seeming reproach, till their light gradually forsook them, and the wretched animal expired. I felt so much on this occasion, that I could neither taste of him nor his companion, when they were dressed, though I saw that they afforded to some others a delicious repast.

Of this species, Capt. Stedman relates a circumstance very remarkable: he says, that one day he saw, from his barge, one of these monkies come down to the water's edge, rinse its mouth, and appear to clean its teeth with one of its fingers."

Account of an Expedition to Surinam.

THE FEARFUL MONKEY.*

The Fearful Monkey is one of the most agile, dextrous, and amusing of the whole genus. It is about as big as a small cat; the body brown, with flesh-coloused face and ears. Though a native of Surinam, its constitution seems well adapted to our temperate climate; and it will live comfortably in winter in a room without fire. It has even been known to breed in Europe, which is very unusual with the Monkey tribe.

It is exceedingly affectionate towards its offspring. In one pair that produced at Bordeaux, in the year 1764, nothing could be more beautiful than to see the two parents occupied with their little charge, which they teazed incessantly, either by carrying it about, or by caressing it. The male loved it to destraction. The father and mother carried it alternately; but now and then, when it did not hold properly, they gave it a pretty severe bite. Few animals are more whimsical than these in their taste and affections, entertaining partiality to some persons, and frequently the greatest aversion to others.+

THE SQUIRREL MONKEY.‡

From the gracefulness of all its movements, the smallness of its size, brilliancy of its colours, and

* SYNONYMS.-Simia trepida. Linn.-Bush-tailed Monkey. Edwards. Sajou. Buffon.-Fearful Monkey. Pennant.

+ Buffon's Quadrupeds, viji. 194 note. Kerr, i. 77.

SYNONYMS.-Simia Sciurea, Linn.-Orange Monkey. Penn.Caitaia. Marcgrave. Saimiri. Buffon.-Keesee-keesee. Stedman.— Squirrel Monkey. Shaw.--Shaw's Gen, Zool. pl. 25.

the largeness and vivacity of its eyes, this little animal has uniformly been preferred to all the other Monkies.

It seems to be the same that Stedman describes in his account of Surinam, as called there by the natives, Keesee-keesee. He says, that these animals are about the size of a Rabbet, and most astonishingly nimble. The colour of their body is reddish, and their tail is black at the extremity, whilst the fore-feet are orange coloured. The head is very round, the face milk-white, with a round black patch in the middle, in which are the mouth and nostrils; and this disposition of the features gives the animal the appearance of wearing a mask : the eyes are black, and remarkably lively. These Monkies he saw daily passing along the sides of the river, skipping from tree to tree, regularly following each other, like a little army, with their young ones at their backs, not unlike small knapsacks. Their manner of travelling is this: the foremost walks to the extremity of a bough, from which it bounds to the extremity of one belonging to the next tree, often at a most astonishing distance, and with such wonderful activity and precision, that it never once misses its aim: the others, one by one, and even the females with their little ones at their backs, which stick fast to the mother, follow their leader, and perform the same leap with the greatest apparent facility and safety: they are also remarkable for climbing up the nebees, or natural ropes, with which many parts of the forests are interwoven.*

This is a very tender animal, and has not yet, we believe, been brought into Europe.

Stedman's Surinam.

THE CINGALESE MONKEY.*

This Monkey is mentioned by Professor Thunberg, in his Account of Ceylon. He describes it as being about the size of a small Cat, and having a very long, hairy, tapering, and prehensile tail: the body grey: the face blackish, bald, and very little shaded with hair: the beard on the chin and cheeks white, and turned backwards, the hairs standing, however, nearly erect, and almost covering the ears in front: on the chin and upper-lip, he says, it is short, but on the cheeks above an inch in length. The hands and feet are blackish and naked: the nails long and blunt, and the thumb detached and short. On the posteriors are hard and naked tuberosities. The tips of the ears are rounded, almost bare, and black.

These animals are kept tame in many of the houses of Ceylon. They are easily domesticated; and in this state generally sit upright, with their hands crossed over each other. When they observe any acquaintance, they immediately come jumping to him, fawn upon him, grin, and with a peculiar kind of cry testify their joy. They are of a very friendly and gentle nature, and never bite, unless much irritated. If, in the presence of one of these creatures, any person kisses and caresses a child, he expresses a great desire to do the same: if a child is beaten in his presence, he rears himself on his hind-legs, grins and howls in a revengeful

* Thunberg calls this animal Simia Silenus. It certainly cannot be that of Linnæus, which has a short tail, not prehensile, and in other respects is different. He calls it also Rollewai, and Cingalese Ape, but it appears to agree with none described in our present books.—Thunberg,

manner, and, if let loose, will attack the chastiser. He leaps faster than he can run, on account of his hind-legs being longer than the others; and is very delicate and careful respecting his tail. Professor Thunberg attempted to bring one of them into Europe, but on coming into a cooler climate, just before they arrived at the Cape of Good Hope he died. They are all so extremely tender as not to be able to support the slightest degree of cold.

M. D' Obsonville, speaking of the sanctuaries for the Monkies in several parts of India, says, he has, when travelling, occasionally entered these ancient temples, to repose himself, when his Indian dress gave the animals little suspicion: for, notwithstanding their apparent disregard, they are, he says, very observant. He has seen several of them at first considering him, and then attentively looking at the food he was about to eat. Their eyes and agitation always painted their inquietude, their passion to gormandize, and the strong desire they had to appropriate at least a part of his repast to themselves.

In order to amuse himself on these occasions, he always took care to provide a quantity of parched pease. At first he would scatter a few on the side where the chief was, (for he says they have always a principal Monkey to head them) and the animal would approach by degrees, and collect them with avidity. He then used to present his hand full, and as they are in general accustomed to see none but