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ODDITIES 



THERE are some interesting pets to be found 

 among what are called the half - monkeys 

 animals that are really four-handed, but differ 

 in other respects from the Simian race. Many 

 of these, and other strange little creatures, 

 find their way to our ports as the pets of 

 sailors, who are much given to buying all 

 sorts of oddities in foreign lands. 



Two of the four-handed, who were kept 

 with comfort and safety in a parlor, were a 

 kinkajou and a lemur. The first-named was 

 from Central America, a pretty little fellow 

 about the size of a cat, with golden-brown fur, 

 a long prehensile tail, and large expressive 

 eyes. He slept all day, and came out at dusk 

 to eat and frolic during the evening, such be- 

 ing his habit in his native woods. His food 

 was bananas, and his manners were gentle, 



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