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The Living Animals of the World 



riLOlo by A. S. Rudland d- Sons. 



BLACK-EARED MAKIIOSET. 

 ;se aie among the jirottieBt of small uopical monkeys from the New World. They 

 are insect-feeders, and very delicate. 



an said that he did not care for 



are these New World species. Ko 

 person clever at interpreting the ways 

 of animals would fail to consider them 

 far more clever and sympathetic than 

 the melancholy anthropoid apes, while 

 for appearance they have no equals. 

 Probahly tlie most attractive monkey 

 in Europe is a South American one 

 now in the London Zoological Gardens. 

 It was first mentioned to Europeans by 

 Baron von Humboldt, who saw it in the 

 cabin of an Indian on the Orinoco. 

 These forest Indians of South America 

 are gentle creatures themselves. Among 

 other amiable qualities, they have a 

 passion for keeping pets. One who 

 worked for a friend of the writer, with 

 others of his tribe, was asked what he 

 would take in payment, which was 



given in kind. The others chose chjth, axes, etc. This Indi 

 any of these things. He said he wanted a '-poosa." No one knew what he meant. He signed 

 that he wislicd to gi to the house and would show them. Arrived there, he pointed to the 

 cat! -Pussy," to the Arawak Indian, was a "poosa," and tliat was what he wanted as a 

 month's wages. Humlwldt's Indian had something better than a '• poosa." It was a monkey, 

 as black as coal, with a round head, long thickly furred tail, and bright vivacious eyes. The 

 explorer called it the Lagotiikix, which means Hare-skin IMonkey. The fur is not the least lik«- 

 a hare's, but much resembles that of an opossum. The more suitable name is the Woolly 

 ."Monkey. The one kept at the Gardens is a most friendly and vivacious creature, ready to- 

 emljrace, play and make friends witli any well-dressed person. It dislikes people in working- 

 clothes which are dirty or 

 soiled — a not uncommon 

 aversion of clever animals. 



In spite of all the- 

 varieties of temperament in 

 the monkey tribe, from the- 

 genial little Capuchins to the- 

 morose old baboon, they 

 nearly all have one thing in 

 common — that is, the monkey 

 brain. The same curious- 

 restlessness, levity, and want^ 

 of concentration mark thera 

 all, except the large anthro- 

 poid apes. Some of these 

 have without doubt powers 

 of reflection and concentra- 

 tion which the other monkeys- 

 do not possess. But in all 

 the rest, though the capacity 

 for understanding exists, the- 

 wisli to please, as a dog does, 

 and the desire to remember- 



Pkolo by L. Mcilland, F.Z.S.) 



HUMBOLDT'S WOOLLY JIONKEY. 



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This is the most popnlar monkey in England, lie looks for all the world like a Negio, and 

 has a most beautifnl, soft, woolly coat. He is very t.ame, and loves nothing better than being 

 petted. 



