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enable them to scare their foes, and drive away 

 through fear such enemies as their soft hands could 

 never overcome in fair fight. 



After keeping these lemurs about a year, I 

 found that by no amount of kindness or coaxing 

 could I get them to be really friendly, and I 

 feared they were not over-happy without com- 

 panions of their own kind. They were doubtless 

 caught too old to be tamed. It was therefore 

 deemed best to present them to the Zoo, where, 

 under the kind and skilful treatment they re- 

 ceive, they are, I believe, in splendid health and 

 spirits. 



Visitors to the monkey-house can identify them 

 from the description I have here given, and can- 

 not fail to admire the agile movements and furry 

 beauty of my quondam pets. 



