His sun shall fade as gently as it rose; His faith shall shoot, at night's prophetic close, For him the silver ladder shall be set; His Saviour shall receive his latest breath; He walketh to a fadeless coronet Up through the gate of death! THE MONKEY TRIBE. WE SECOND PAPER. with whom you come into closer contact. Does he pick up a blade of grass? he will examine it with as much care as if he were determining the value of a precious stone? Do you put food before him? he tucks it into his mouth as fast as possible; and when his cheek-pouches are so full that they cannot hold any more, he looks up at you, as if he seriously asked your approval of his laying up stores for the future. If he destroy the most valuable piece of glass or china in your possession, he does not look as if he enjoyed the mis But to proceed with our description: we notice, first, the Cercopithecus Mona, or Varied Monkey. This pretty little animal has flesh-colored lips and nose, a brown face, with a black band upon the forehead, the back and thighs of a lively brown spotted with black, and black limbs. His height is nearly seventeen inches, and his length, from the tip of the nose to the root of the tail, is two feet. The varied monkey is one of the species most commonly imported, and that most readily endures the change of climate. Elegance of form, grace of movement, gentleness of disposition, keenness of observation, quickness of intelligence, and, in short, everything that can make a creature of this kind attractive, is possessed by this monkey to an unusual degree. E now come to those smaller species chief, but either puts on an impudent air, of the Quadrumana which are more as much as to say, 'I don't care,' or calmgenerally kept as household pets. That ly tries to let you know that he thought it there is much about the whole class that his duty to destroy your property." is repulsive we cannot deny; and yet so grotesque is their appearance, and so great their power of mimicry, that the most melancholy person can scarcely look upon their gambols without relaxing at least to a smile. Since these tricks are such universal provocations of mirth, it is not surprising that they have been supposed to originate in the same feeling. But this is not necessarily the case. Mrs. Lee, whom we beg leave to quote, is very clear and sensible on this point. She says "that monkeys enjoy movement; that they delight in pilfering, in outwitting each other, and especially in outwitting men; that they glory in tearing and destroying the works of art by which they are surrounded, in a domestic state; that they lay the most artful plans to effect their purposes, is all perfectly true; but the terms mirthful and merry seem to me to be totally misapplied in reference to their feelings and actions, for they do all in solemnity and seriousness. Do you stand under a tree whose thick foliage completely screens you from the sun, and you hope to enjoy perfect shade and repose? A slight rustling proves that companions are near; presently a broken twig falls upon you, then another; you raise your eyes, and find that hundreds of other eyes are staring at you. In a moment more you see the faces to which those eyes belong making grimaces, as you suppose; but it is no such thing; they are solemnly contemplating the intruder; they are not pelting him in play, it is their business to drive him from their domain. Raise your arm, the boughs shake, the chattering begins, and the sooner you decamp the more you will show your discretion. Watch the ape or monkey Although lively even to petulance, it is not vicious, and readily becomes attached to its master. It is even susceptible of a degree of education, if the master can make himself sufficiently feared to enforce obedience. In one habit it differs from all other monkeys; it never makes grimaces; and it wears on its features a certain gravity and sweetness of expression. It partakes readily of any cooked dish, bread, fruits, and certain insects; and is particularly fond of ants and spiders. It has great agility, though all its movements are gentle. It is very persevering in its endeavors to carry out its wishes, but never resorts to violence; and after having teased for a long time for some pleasing object which is still persistently refused, it will suddenly cease its endeavors, make a gambol, and appear to think no more about it. Its morality is rather questionable with regard to the rights of property. It has such a tendency to pilfering as no punish- | ment can correct. It slips the hand quietly into the pocket of those who may be caressing it, and that, too, with the address of a skillful conjuror. In order to secure without disturbance the objects of its desire, to steal a few fruits or knick-knacks, it will readily turn the key of a closet, untie a package, and open the ring of a chain. Heedless and capricious, it is not always disposed to caress its master; but, when tranquil, and not preoccupied, it will gracefully respond to any advances. It will play, take the most amiable attitudes, bite gently, press against the person whom it loves, and utter a little musical cry, which is its ordinary expression of joy. In general, it is less amiable to strangers, and rarely fails to bite those who are hardy | enough to touch it. It is also subject to capricious and unaccountable antipathies. Its native country is Northern Africa, and Barbary in particular. It appears, also, to have been found in Abyssinia, in Arabia, Persia, and some other parts of Asia. As it is very timid, it rarely approaches the habitations of men, and never enters his plantations. In time of famine, when the fruits become rare in the forests, it descends in troops to the plains, and there turns the stones over and over as assiduously as the most enthusiastic entomologist, in order to find the insects that may be hidden beneath them. In order to preserve its specimens, it has no pin-box, such as serves the learned men who catch flies, but two very commodious sacks, cut after the pattern furnished by dame nature, namely, its pouches. These are two membranous pockets, such as most monkeys are furnished with, one under each cheek. In the varied monkey these are large enough to contain provisions for two days; but its gluttony is still more capacious, for it will devour in a few hours, or as soon as its stomach will permit, that which it would have economized with a little forethought. Few sights are more comical than the figure of this monkey, with its cheeks so distended with provisions, as to make its head appear to be of twice its usual size. In this state it is a living representation of the bloated, puff-cheeked figures by which the ancient painters represented the winds. and seeks an isolated tree, in the foliage of which it can be concealed; for it is fearful lest its comrades pillage its storehouse, by beating and forcing it to open its mouth, which sometimes happens. At the bottom of its hiding-place, seated in a bifurcation of the branches, it draws from its sack, one by one, the insects which it has taken, smooths them with its little fingers, plucks off the wings and the feet, which it throws away, carries it to the teeth, and finally eats it at several mouthfuls with a well-principled gastronomy; and then recommences the same operation with another, until its provisions are exhausted. Then only does it think of rejoining its comrades. The Diana, or Spotted Monkey, bears a striking resemblance to the Mona in habits, character, and general appearance. This lively creature is found in Congo and Guinea, where, in large troops, it inhabits the silent forests. Its natural food is fruit, birds' eggs, and insects. As it is readily tamed, the negroes often capture and se!! it to the Europeans, who come to trade upon the African coast. The character of this little monkey is very amiable. It is much attached to its master, and answers his call upon all occasions. One of my friends possesses an individual of this species, which used to accompany the family from the city to the country-seat about three miles distant. The road was bordered with trees, and the curious animal climbed them all without exception. When the trees were sufficiently near, it jumped from one to the other with unexampled lightness and rapidity. But it soon wearied with this experiment, and jumped upon the back of a spaniel, which was forced to carry him. The first time this was done, the poor dog was very much frightened, and tried to relieve himself of the unwonted burden. But the monkey seized the long tufts of hair with its four hands so firmly, that in spite of running, leaping, and turning, its position was maintained. When the dog rolled over it jumped off with a light bound, watched the performance, and when the animal rose, another bound placed the monkey on his back again. At length, finding opposition useless, the dog took it all in good part, and became the involuntary saddle-horse of the Diana. Like the Mona, it is a little thievish, At such times the Mona avoids the troop, and it has the trick of concealing in beds VARIED MONKEY, OR MONA. and beaten ten times an hour; sometimes it was stuffed with grapes or apples, and by dint of blows obliged to swallow unsuitable food, so that in the end it died most miserably. After this, no other cat was permitted to come within reach of the monkey. The White-nosed Monkey, (Cercopithe cus petaurista,) another of the same genus, found in Barbary, is remarkable for the modesty of its behavior, if such a vir and under clothes the fruits of its larceny. | tue can be ascribed to animals. Its moveIt frequently enters the court-yard, slips into the poultry-house, and taking an egg, runs away on its hind feet. In this position its appearance is singularly grotesque. It has a well-defined taste for raw eggs; it strikes the end lightly on the pavement to break the shell, enlarges the hole with its finger, and then sucks out all the substance contained in the shell, without breaking it any more. It was very fond of coffee; and upon every occasion when it could steal into the kitchen, it would rummage all the coffee-pots to get the dregs which might remain in them. ments are full of grace and docility, and its vivacity and agility are so great, that when it springs from tree to tree, it seems to fly rather than leap. Its favorite attitude in repose is very singular seated with its head resting upon one, of its hands, and its pensive eye seeming to gaze into vacuity, it remains so for a long time, as if wrapped in the most profound meditation. And who knows? Perhaps it is dreaming of its native valley; and its imagination carries it back to the shade of the gigantic baobab, where it loved so much to play, and where in its infancy its mother directed its first leaps; or, perhaps, in its melancholy, it is mourning over the chain which holds it in a foreign land! Whatever it may be, it is difficult for one who has seen this beautiful creature in the attitude here described, to be However, there was one fact that proved conclusively its lack of memory, and also that the greater part of its actions were irreflective. When a light was placed upon the table, the monkey immediately approached, and taking the flame for some-lieve that animals never think. thing eatable, would stretch out its nose and carry the light to its tongue. When burned, it would utter frightful cries, and run away; but this unhappy experiment was lost upon it, and would be tried over again the next evening, and perhaps not more than an hour afterward. When its master purchased it, the little creature was very gentle; but during the three years that it remained in his possession, I thought I could perceive that, as it grew older, it became more mischievous. A poor cat became its victim. It was carried and dragged about everywhere by the monkey. It was caressed The first species in the genus Semnopithecus is the Entellus Monkey. This species varies much in color with its age. Its chin is graced with a little yellowish beard, and its throat is bare. Its pelt is of a grayish white, mingled with black hairs upon the back and limbs, and orange-colored upon its sides and breast. The face and hands are black, and the tail nearly black, terminated by a tuft. In its youth its pelt is all nearly white and its tail a reddish gray. It is seventeen inches in length exclusive of the tail. The Hoonuman, as it is called by the natives, inhabits Bengal. It offers a sin gular example of the metamorphosis which we had occasion to notice with reference to the Pongo. In early youth it has a not very prominent muzzle, a large forehead, and an elevated, rounded cranium. Then this animal brings in play quite extensive intellectual faculties; it has a wonderful penetration to judge of what will prove agreeable or hurtful to itself; it is readily tamed, is quite gentle, and becomes attached to its master to a certain degree.; and uses only stratagem and address to procure the satisfaction of its wishes. By degrees as it grows old its forehead becomes obliterated, its muzzle acquires a considerable prominence, and its cranium diminishes much in capacity. Its moral qualities are degraded in the same proportion. Apathy takes the place of penetration; it seeks solitude, it employs force in the place of stratagem, and the least opposition excites a ferocious malice and an anger bordering upon fury. Still later in life it must be loaded with chains, or shut up in an iron cage, where its principal occupation is to spend its rage upon the bars. This true portrait is not very engaging, yet the Hindoos have deified this animal, to which they assign a high place among their thirty millions of deities. We will cite what M. Devaucel has written on this subject: "Whatever zeal I might have shown in my researches and pursuits in regard to this animal, they had all thus far proved ineffectual, on account of the anxious care which the Bengalese had taken to prevent my killing a sufficiently respectable specimen. These Hindoos always frightened away the monkey as soon as they saw my gun, and during more than a month that I sojourned at Chandernagor, although seven or eight Hoonumans came even to the houses, to seize the offerings of the sons of Brahma, my garden was found surrounded by divert the attention of the god when he should several Brahmins, who played the tam-tam to come to eat my fruit. His mythologic history is the best thing I know of the kind, but it would be too long to detail here. I will merely say that the Hoonuman is a hero celebrated for his strength, wit, and agility, in the voluminous collection of Hindoo mysteries. "They offer him the mango, one of the most esteemed fruits, which they say he stole from the gardens of a famous giant in Ceylon. It was in punishment of this theft that he was condemned to the flames, and in extinguishing those flames he burned his face and hands, which remain black to the present time. Brahmins, and saw the trees covered with long "I entered Goutipara, a sacred town of the tailed hoonumans, who took to flight with dreadful cries. The Hindoos, seeing my gun, had guessed, as well as the monkeys, the cause of my visit, and a dozen of the former came to me to for they were nothing less, they most positively warn me of my danger in shooting the animals, assured me, than metamorphosed princes. As I was leaving the place I met one of these metamorphosed princesses, and she appeared so have a nearer view. I dispatched a ball, and charming that I could not resist the desire to was soon witness to a touching scene. The CHACMA AND MARMOZET. companions in captivity. Richard arrived at this moment, and commenced trying to flatter the animal and coax him back into his cage, but the animal contented himself by making a few grimaces at him, and continued his work of devastation. The keeper raised his voice and made use of some threats, which brought new grimaces and grindings of the teeth. He then, for the first time, conceived the unfortunate idea of resorting to a stick, and this movement became the signal for a dreadful struggle. The monkey fell upon him with two such heavy blows in the stomach that the strong man staggered. The furious animal disarmed him, threw him down, and made three deep wounds in his thigh with his strong teeth. These penetrated quite to the bone, and were so severe that serious doubts were for some Passing to the genus bearing the sig-time entertained as to the recovery of the nificant name of Cynocephales, we find the unfortunate man. Chacma or the Ape-baboon of Swainson, the Chac-kamma of the Hottentots. On all fours it is not less than two feet in height, or about the size of a large mastiff. His pelt is of a greenish or yellowish black, the neck of the male wearing a long mane. The face is of a violet black, paler around the eyes, and the upper eyelid is white. The tail, eighteen inches in length, is terminated by a stout tuft of hair. poor beast carried a young one upon her back, and feeling herself mortally wounded, she summoned all her energies, seized the little one in her arms, threw it into the branches, and fell dead at my feet. So touching an act of maternal love made more impression on me than all the discourses of the Brahmins; and the pleasure of having secured a beautiful specimen did not in this case compensate for my regret at having killed an animal that clung to life with such maternal solicitude." All the Cynocephales are of a brutal and wicked disposition, but the Chacma has an unequaled ferocity, and a strength against which no man could successfully contend. An example of this happened at the menagerie at Paris a few years since. One Richard, a powerful man, some five feet six inches in height, was then keeper of the monkeys, and his kitchen was apposite an apartment containing the cage of a Chacma. During his absence one day the monkey succeeded in opening the door of his cage, entered the kitchen, leaped upon a shelf containing some carrots for the other monkeys, and set about wasting in good earnest the dinner of his The animal would not reënter the cage until induced by jealousy. Richard had a daughter who sometimes fed the monkey, and had thus gained an influence over him. She was placed behind the cage opposite the open door, and one of the garden boys pretended to caress her. On seeing this the creature fiercely bounded into the cage, thinking to reach them through the bars, when the door was closed upon him and securely fastened. Kolbe pretends that these animals are so inexpressibly indecent that those persons who hold them in captivity are guilty of shameless effrontery. The same traveler also gives an account of the habits of these animals in the savage state. The Chacmas are passionately fond of grapes and of garden fruits in general. Their strong teeth and claws render them very formidable to the dogs, by whom they are conquered with great difficulty, unless they are previously gorged with fruit. The following is their plan for robbing an orchard, a garden, or a vineyard. They ordinarily make these expeditions in troops, |