Ornithological and Other Oddities 



joyed so large a share of popularity and its 

 profits. 



After a week or so of the close supervision 

 above alluded to, the mother's extreme watchful- 

 ness began to relax, and the little Jap could run 

 and climb where it liked, though it was often 

 snatched up when anything occurred to upset 

 its decidedly fidgety mother. One day I simply 

 returned a grimace she had made at me for trying 

 to touch the baby with my finger, and the way in 

 which she then tucked it under her arm and 

 carried it well away from the bars was delight- 

 fully human. Soon after it was allowed to run at 

 large it began to try to eat, but I have never 

 seen the mother give it any of the food offered 

 her ; indeed, she took for herself food given to 

 it, and evidently young monkeys, like the youth- 

 ful Spartans of old, are expected to steal their 

 rations. 



The bringing-up of our present subject has 

 been Spartan enough in some ways, for its mother 

 let it stay outside and play during any weather, 

 however cold and wet ; though I have seen her 

 help it inside when it wanted to come indoors, 

 first grabbing one little hand, as it came groping 

 up the step after an ineffectual attempt to climb, 

 and then taking a second hold of the hair of her 

 offspring's head. Her methods certainly gave 



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