A Hand-Book to the Primates, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Hand-Book to the Primates, Vol. 2I have little to add to the remarks given in the first volume of this Hand-book. I may refer, however, to the interest which attaches to the study of the extinct forms of life, in relation to those which exist at the present day. Although I have endeavoured, to the best of my ability, to present to the student as complete a review of the species of Monkeys known to us at the present time, I am well aware that there is an enormous amount of work to be done before our know ledge of the Primates can be said to be complete. There is a natural repugnance to collecting specimens of Monkeys on the part of Sportsmen. To shoot one feels like killing a sort of relation, and even our best collectors, who thoroughly under stood the necessity of obtaining specimens in the interests of science, speak with a feeling of pain of the human-like distress which a wounded Monkey exhibits, and it is, there fore, difficult to induce travellers to shoot animals Wth offer so much of a counterfeit presentment to human beings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.