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dare to enter the burrow. When the mother goes into 

 the fields, fehe often takes even the precaution to stop 

 r.p the entrance of the burrow with earth steeped in her 

 urine. When they are grown somewhat larger, the 

 leverets begin to brouse the tender grass. The father 

 at that, time Acquires a knowledge of them, takes them 

 up in his paws, licks their eves, polishes their hair, and 

 distributes his caresses and cares equally amongst 

 them all. 



Observations prove that paternity is greatly respected 

 amongst hares. The grandsire continues to be the 

 chief of the whole numerous family, and seems to go- 

 vern it like a patriarch. 



27. The tricks of the monkey are known to every 

 body : no one is ignorant with what facility she is 

 tamed, and taught to dance and shew postures on a 

 staff. Her ingenious proceedings on the tops of the 

 Alps, where she fixes her abode, in the midst of snow 

 and frost, are not so generally known. 



Towards the month of October she enters into win* 

 ter-quarters, and shuts herself up for the remainder of 

 the season : her retreat is worthy of observation. Oil 

 the brow of a mountain the industrious monkey estab- 

 lishes her dwelling. It is a great gallery dug under- 

 ground, and made like a Y. These two branches, 

 which have each of them an opening, terminate at a 

 corner. Such is the apartment of the monkey. One 

 of the branches descends below the apartment, accord- 

 ing to the sloping of the mountain ; it is a kind of 

 aqueduct that receives and carries off the excrements 

 and filth. The other branch, which rises above the 

 habitation, serves for an avenue and place to go out at. 

 The apartment is the only part of the gallery which is 

 horizontal. It is lined with a thick layer of moss and 

 hay. It is certain that monkeys are sociable animals, 

 and that they work in common on their lodging. 

 They amass, during the summer, ample supplies of moss 

 and liay. Some mow the grass, others gather it, and 



