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of which there are great numbers about the Gar- 

 dens, it would divide the fly, eating only one-half 

 at a tune. 



If offered any thing eatable, it held out its hand 

 with extreme caution, fixing its large eyes on yours. 

 If the least motion of the other hand were made, it 

 excited suspicion, and it would immediately with- 

 draw to the middle of the cage, the place farthest 

 removed from danger, uttering a low cluttering 

 sound, and hardly any inducement would tempt it 

 from its security again. In walking, its back was 

 much arched, shoulders very low, head higher than 

 the shoulder, tail always drooping. 



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