20 DIVISION I. VERTEBR.VL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



biisli -wlicrc tlie lien was cackling ; upon which he iiuineJiately sprang to 

 the phxce. I ran after him, and came up to him at the moment wlien he 

 IkuI brolcen tlie egg and was swallowing it. Having caught the tliief in 

 the act, I gave him a good beating upon tiie spot; but this beating did not 

 prevent his soon stealing fresh-laid eggs again. 



" As I was convinced that I should never be able to break Kees of his 

 natural vices, and that unless I chained liim up every morning I should 

 never get an egg, I endeavored to accomplish my purpose in anotlier man- 

 ner. I trained one of my dogs, as soon as the hen cackled, to run to the 

 nest, and bring me the egg without breaking it. In a few days the dog 

 had learned his lesson ; but Kees, as soon as he Jicard the cackle, ran with 

 him to the nest. A contest now took place lietwecn them who should have 

 the egg; often the dog was foiled, altliougli he was tlic stronger of the two. 

 If he gained the victory, he ran jii3'fully to me witli tlie egg, and put it into 

 my hand. Kees, nevertheless, followed him, and did not cease to grumble 

 and make threatening grimaces at him till he saw me take the egg, — as if 

 he was comforted for the loss of his booty by his adversary not retaining it 

 for himself. If Kees got hold of the egg, he endeavored to run with it to 

 a tree, where, having devoured it, lie threw down the sliells upon his adver- 

 sary, as if to make game of him. In that case the dt)g returned, looking 

 asliamed, I'rom which I could conjecture the unlucky ailvcnturc he had met 

 with. 



" Kees was always the first to wake in the morning, and when it was the 

 proper time he aroused tlie dogs, wiio were accustomed to his voice, and 

 in general obeyed, without hesitation, the slightest motions jiy which he 

 communicated liis orders to them, immediately taking their posts about the 

 tent and carriage as he dkectcd them." 



MONKEYS OF AMERICA. 



According to Cnvicr they have tliirty-si.x grinders, — four more than the 

 preceding families ; tails generally long and prehensile, that is, capable of 

 twisting round oljjects, and picking tlicm up like a hand ; they have neither 

 cheek-pouches nor callosities, and the nostrils are at the sides of the nose 

 instead of beneath. 



Genus ]\Ivcetes — The Stentors. The sj'stcmatic name of this divis- 

 ion of the IMonkey family is derived from a Greek word which signifies 

 Iiou-UiKj, and is an appropriate designation for these animals. There 

 are seven species known. Tlie head is somewliat like a pyramid in 

 form, and the internal structure of it is such — a bony drum con- 

 necting with the larynx — as to give their voice an extraordinary 

 jiower, as well as a most disagreealile cliaractcr. Hence they are called 



