V BRTEBB ATA, 



Till: VARIED, (HI MONA MONKEY. 



; : acci .iit of one of this family is furnished by the keeper of the Garden 



to tbe usual custom of monkeys, the mona makes no grimaces, and she has an ex- 



of mildness and gravitj of countenance quite extraordinary. She eats willingly of every 



thing i to bei iked meat, bread, fruits, and some species of insects. She is particularly 



te and spiders, which Bhe rats in the manner of an epicure. Her agility and rapidity of 



remarkable, yel she is always gentle and graceful. She is very tenacious in her desires, 



is never violent; and when she has solicited an object that she is very anxious to obtain 



time, if she is -till refused, she suddenly ceases her importunity, turns head over 



; a ma to think no more about it. 



. ry particular in her ideas of property. She has, in fact, such a fancy for pilfer- 



tion bestowed upon her is of any avail against it. When anyone caresses her, 



pa her hand quietly into his pockets, and takes out its contents with the skill of a regular 



If she wishes to take bonbons or fruit out of a closet, she turns the key without making 



'el has oft< n been seen to untie a parcel. 



■• Tl. . be nothing more amusing than the face of this monkey when her cheek-pouches 



lit- b ad looks double the usual size, resembling very much the puffed and bloated 



I awn by the old painters to represent the winds. When she wishes to empty her 



. Bhe slily leaves her companions, and seeks a tree standing apart, and sufficiently 



miii' bide lnr in the foliage ; for she fears that her associates, seeing her so well stocked 



i pi' . may, as sometimes happens, attack and beat her to make her open her mouth. 



In her hidii . tranquilly seated in the fork of a branch, she delivers the insects, one by one, 



at them eagerly, Bkins them with her little fingers, breaks off and throws 

 r wings and claws, then touching them with her teeth several times in a gastronomic 

 nally i ats them with the greatesl satisfaction. She then recommences the operation, 

 until her pro exhausted, when she rejoins her friends." 



. ( Diana — the Eoloway of the French. This animal received its title of 



• of a fancied resemblance in the coronet-shaped bow which orna- 



the silver bo* of the goddess. Its body is variously marked with black, white, 



1 reddish-brown. The length of the form is sixteen inches, and the tail two feet 



- in the de< p and silent forests of Congo and Guinea. In a savage state, 



of birds and insects. As they are easily tamed, the negroes catch 



1 th. in to the Europeans who trade upon the coast of Africa. M. Boitard 



nolo •. is v.ry gentle. Tt becomes very fond of its master, will follow 

 him wl erever . and will allow itself to be taken without difficulty. A friend of mine had 



