ese ugly apes that
is venerated by the Hindus; and they are permitted to live without
molestation in the sacred groves and temples, though they often prove
most troublesome protegees to their fanatical benefactors.

In Africa, the representatives of this last-mentioned tribe are found in
the _Colobus_ monkeys. Of these there are about a dozen species; and
from several of them are obtained the long-haired monkey skins of
commerce. They are all tropical animals, and inhabit the middle zone of
Africa--their range extending from Abyssinia to the shores of the
Atlantic.

Another very large tribe, containing in all as many as thirty species,
and belonging exclusively to Africa, are the _Guenons_. They are
closely allied to the colobus monkeys, but yet sufficiently different
from them in habits and conformation to be classed into a separate
genus. Most of the guenons inhabit the central regions of Africa; but
they are not exclusively tropical, since several kinds belong to
Kaffraria, and that region indefinitely called the Cape of Good Hope.

The _Macaco_ apes constitute another genus, which forms the link between
the guenons and the baboons, or dog-headed monkeys. They are neither
exclusively African nor Asiatic monkeys, since species of macacoes are
found in both these continents. They are usually subdivided into the
macacoes with long tails, and those with short tails; and there is one
species which wants this appendage altogether. This is the Magot--
perhaps the most noted of all the macacoes, since it was the earliest
known to European nations, and is, in fact, the only species that is
indigenous to Europe. It is the magot that inhabits the Rock of
Gibraltar. Much has been written as to whether this monkey is really
indigenous to Europe--some naturalists alleging that it reached
Gibraltar from Africa, where it is also common. But it is not generally
known that, on European ground, the magot is not confined solely to the
Gibraltar Rock. It is also found in other parts of the south of Spain;
and, it is likely enough, has existed there long enough to claim the
character of a native.

In the chain of natural affinities, the _Baboons_, or dog-headed
monkeys, stand next to the macacoes. These are more of a quadruped form
than any yet mentioned; and, both in a moral and physical sense, they
are certainly the ugliest of animals. The hideous Drills and Mandrills,
so well-known in our menageries, belong to this gen