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114 species—to which I am able to refer. I am also indebted to Mr. Halting for many valuable hints on local provincial names, &c.

The words attributed to Caius Lucius in praise of noble Caesar are truly applicable, although in a different sense, to Shakspeare —

Although Shakspeare several times alludes to Monkeys, no particular species is sufficiently characterized for identification; they may, however, doubtless be referred to the Old World family Semnopithecidae, which comprises the long-tailed Monkeys without cheek-pouches. The two genera of this family have a wide geographical distribution, being found in one sub-region of the Palaearctic; two ditto of the Eihiopian; and in all the sub-regions of the Oriental, as defined by Mr. A.R. Wallace.

Monkeys were even in those days kept as pets by ladies; vide Merchant of Venice, Act iii., Scene 1 —

Shylock had a turquoise which he had of Leah when he was a bachelor, and would not have given " for a wilderness of Monkeys." Merchant of Venice, Act iii., Scene 1.

In As You Like It, Act iv., Scene 1, where Orlando wishes to marry Rosalind, and promises to be constant to her "for ever and a day," Rosalind replies: —