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THE STORY OF THE MONKEY. 



cession, elephants, camels, horses, richly caparisoned, palanquins, flambeaux, 

 and lamps. The male monkey was fastened in a gaily-decked palanquin, 

 having a crown on his head, with men. standing by his side to fan him, as 

 they would a human being. Then followed singing and dancing girls in 

 carriages, and for twelve days the festivities were carried on at the monkey 

 palace. 



THE MARMOSET. 



MARMOSET TEARING PICTURES OF BUGS OUT OF A BOOK AND EATING THEM. 



The marmoset is a most interesting little creature. It is exceedingly 

 sensitive to cold, and when out of its own country is usually occupied in 

 nestling among the materials for its bed, which it heaps up in one corner 

 and out of which it seldom entirely emerges. It will eat almost any article 

 of food, but is especially fond of insects, which it dispatches in a very adroit 

 manner. It will also eat fruits, especially those of its native country. Its 

 fondness for insects has been carried so far that it has been known to pinch 

 out the figures of beetles in books and swallow them. 



