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membrane for the length of the first phalanx. The 

 general position of the animal is on all-fours, or seated 

 on its buttocks, and it generally feeds in one of these 

 positions, either by the assistance of its hands, or by 

 placing the muzzle at once among the food, always, 

 however, filling the cheek-pouches, which are ample, 

 before any portion has been swallowed. When asleep, 

 it either lies on one side like a dog, or sits in a bent 

 position, with the head reclining on the breast. 



Monkeys have very seldom produced young in a 

 state of confinement in this country, and they have 

 been still more rarely brought to maturity. Frederic 

 Cuvier gives an account of a pair of these animals 

 which produced, though the young survived only a 

 few days. The male and female were confined in 

 separate cages, in sight of each other, and their de- 

 monstrations of the softer passions, induced their 

 keepers to allow one habitation ; nearly a year after 

 the female proved with young, and in seven months 

 gave birth to a female. It was well formed; the 

 eyes were open at birth, and its nails were complete. 

 It was however too weak to support itself, and the 

 mother treated it with no attention, did not attempt 

 to suckle it, and entirely left it ; the next day it 

 died. Some time after, a second female was produced, 

 under similar circumstances, and all attempts to rear 

 it were equally unsuccessful. 



Another monkey, which ought to stand in this 

 place, is the Toque of Frederic Cuvier, Macacus sinicus. 



