THE DOG-SHAPED MONKEYS— SLENDER OR SACRED. 27 balconies are strewn from time to time with rice, millet, dates, fruits and sugar-cane — all for the Monkeys. These latter are so bold that they not only pillage the gardens, but sometimes enter the houses at meal-time and take the food out of peo- ple's hands. A missionary declared that only by constant watchfulness was he able to protect his clothing and other belongings from these thieves. It is verv probable that the sacred character The Budeng or This group has yet other remarkable Negro Monkey members. The Budeng or Negro of Java. Monkey of the Javanese (Semno- pitheais mcturus) is a beautiful animal. In mature age he is black and glossy, his face and hands being like velvet, his back like silk. The head is covered by a peculiar cap of hair falling on the forehead and encircling the cheeks. New-born Monkeys of this are of a cream color, and only the ends of HOONUMAN MONKEYS. The mc sacred of all the sacred Monkeys of Ind Here are portrayed a troop of Hoonumans their arboreal home in the hot lowlands of the Upper Ganges. The full-grown H from three to four feet in length, with a tail still longer than the body. It is a handsome creature, the fur being cream-colored, except parts of the head and the extremities of the Monkeys is connected in some way with the belief in the transmigration of souls. It seems that the Hin- doos think that after death their souls, as well as that of their king, enter the body of some Monkey. Notwithstanding their impudence these animals are attractive and handsome creatures. The missionary, John, says that he never saw more beautiful Monk- eys than the Hoonumans. Their friendliness towards each other and their enormous leaps attract the atten- tion of every observer. limbs, which are black, while the bare portions are of a deep violet hue. It is protected on account of its supposed sanctity, for the na- tives dare not molest it. It is one of the great- est thieves in the world, robbing shops, houses and fields and standing in no dread of Man, whom it seems to regard as a sort of servant to provide for its greedy wants. (Semnopithe- cits eniellus.) the hairs on the lower part of the back, the upper part of the tail and its tuft take a darker tinge. Soon the dark color begins to spread, and in a few months the hands, the head and the tuft of the tail are black, and then the whole coat gradually as- sumes the color of mature age. The length of this handsome creature is about five feet, the tail coming in for more than half of this measurement. " The Budeng," says Horsfield, " is found in con- siderable numbers in the extensive forests of Java.