An Infant Mias. 55 



sprawl its legs about and always find some hair, which it 

 grasped with the greatest tenacity. I was now in hopes that 

 I had made the little orphan quite happy ; and so it seemed 

 for some time till it began to remember its lost parent and 

 try to suck. It would pull itself up close to the skin, and try 

 about everywhere for a likely place ; but, as it only succeed- 

 ed in getting mouthfuls of hair and wool, it would be greatly 

 disgusted, and scream violently, and, after two or three at- 

 tempts, let go altogether. One day it got some wool into 

 its throat, and I thought it would have choked, but after much 

 gasping it recovered, and I was obliged to take the imitation 

 mother to j)ieces again, and give up this last attempt to ex- 

 ercise the little creature. 



After the first week I found I could feed it better with a 

 spoon, and give it a little more varied and more solid food. 

 Well-soaked biscuit, mixed with a little egg and sugar, and 

 sometimes sweet potatoes, were readily eaten ; and it was a 

 never-failinoj amusement to observe the curious chansres of 

 countenance by which it would express its approval or dis- 

 like of what was given to it. The poor little thing would 

 lick its lips, draw in its cheeks, and turn up its eyes with an 

 expression of the most supreme satisfaction when it had a 

 mouthful particularly to its taste. On the other hand, when 

 its food was not sufiiciently sweet or palatable, it would turn 

 the mouthful about with its tongue for a moment as if trying 

 to extract what flavor there was, and then push it all oxit be- 

 tween its lips. If the same food was continued, it would set 

 up a scream and kick about violently, exactly like a baby in 

 a passion. 



After I had had the little mias about three weeks, I for- 

 tunately obtained a young hare-lip monkey (Macacus cyno- 

 molgus), which, though small, was very active, and could 

 feed itself. I placed it in the same box with the mias, and 

 they immediately became excellent friends, neither exhibit- 

 ing the least fear of the other. The little monkey would sit 

 upon the other's stomach, or even on its face, without the 

 least regard to its feelings. While I was feeding the mias, 

 the monkey would sit by, picking up all that was spilt, and 

 occasionally putting out its hands to intercept the spoon ; 

 and as soon as I had finished would pick off what was left 



