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instantly slip a stone in between them, to prevent them 

 from again being closed ; and then take the fish out 

 with their hand, which is very easily performed, as the 

 oyster in tropical climates is much forget than those 

 which are found in our own. 



It is very pleasing to witness the very great attach- 

 ment which both the male and female testify for the ir 

 young ; they alternately fondle it in their arms, press 

 it to their bosoms, and endeavour to instruct it in those 

 little sagacious arts by which they are enabled either 

 to procure amusement or food ; if the young one ap- 

 pears disinclined to profit by their example, or stub- 

 bornly refuses to imitate their designs, each parent 

 chastises it with severity, until its obstinate propensi- 

 ties are completely subdued. 



The monkeys of the were continent are very easily dis- 

 tinguished from those of the old, by three very striking 

 marks : those of the latter are universally found to have 

 a naked callous substance behind, upon which they 

 sit : their nostrils are formed like those of a man ; and 

 they have pouches on each side of their jaws for the 

 purpose of preserving different kinds of food. The 

 American monkey has not a callous substance behind, 

 is destitute of pouches to its jaws, and the nostrils open 

 on each side, instead ofdozvnwiirds,ux in those of a man. 



Mr. Buffon, who has examined this race of imitative 

 beings with a greater degree of accuracy than anv other 

 naturalist, tells us there are nine different species be- 

 longing to the old continent, and eleven to the nezc. — 

 The first, which is an inhabitant of the old world, is 

 the macagno, in size and strength resembling the ba- 

 boon, with a frightful wrinkled face, and a very long 

 tufted tail : this animal is a native of Congo. 



The second is the patas, usually brought from Se- 

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