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munch a large bug with as great relish as a boy 

 eating a piece of candy. 



Next after parrots, they are the commonest 

 pets sold in the shops of the Canal Zone. It was 



Fig. 70. The common white-faced monkey 



at Colon that we took the picture given here 

 (Fig. 70), which would have been very hard to 

 get in the jungle. 



Belt tells of one that he kept- as a pet. It was 

 fastened to a light chain to keep it out of mischief, 

 but the chain did not prevent it from catching 

 the young ducks it wanted to eat. It would hold 

 a piece of bread in one hand until the little ducks 



