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on the floor, and completed the hole by picking off the 

 broken bits of shell. It then threw back its head, raised 

 the egg by its two hands, and sucked out its contents. 

 On our journey, Jerry always rode on the back of a large 

 mastiff dog, and in this manner traveled several thousand 

 miles. The two animals were much attached to each 

 other, and it was an amusing sight to see them gamboling 

 together. Before starting, the dog would go every morn- 

 ing to where the monkey was tied, and wait till it was 

 put upon his back, and its cord made fast to his collar. Tu 

 traveling, it was not particular as to whether its face was 

 toward the head or tail of its charger, except in going 

 down-hill, when its face was turned forward, and, to pre- 

 vent itself from slipping over the dog's head, it made use 

 of his prehensile tail, curling it around the dog's tail like 

 a crupper." 



13. The weepers are smaller and more hairy than the 

 monkeys already described. They have long tails, pre- 

 hensile only at 

 the extremity, so 

 that they use this 

 limb more as a 

 staff than as a 

 hand. They are 

 named from a 

 plaintive cry 

 which resembles 

 the weeping voice 

 of children. They 

 are timid, living 

 on the tree-tops 

 of retired forests. 

 Their food is 

 seeds, grain, insects, and the eggs of birds. They are 



The Marmoset. 



