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covering the suspended threads. The taste must 

 have been, in every respect, unequal to the task 

 of supplying the place of sight." 



Such were the experiments, and such the con- 

 clusions of Spallanzani. 



From Mr. Jurin's anatomical observations on 

 these animals, it appears, that a very large pro- 

 portion of nerves is expanded on the upper jaw, 

 the muzzle, and the organ of hearing ; and these 

 appeared to him, in a great degree, to accoijnt 

 for the extraordinary faculty above described. 



I shall conclude the history of these animals 

 by observing, that they are commonly supposed 

 to produce two young at a birth, which they 

 suckle for a very considerable time. When re- 

 cently born, they adhere most tenaciously to the 

 breast of the parent, so as not to be removed 

 without difficulty. The parent also occasionally 

 flies, with her two young ones thus attached to 

 her, even when they are considerably advanced in 

 their growth. 



We have now surve3'ed the Linnsean Order 

 Primates, and shall pass on to that entitled Briita, 

 a title not eas}^ rendered into our own language, 

 since the word Brute is applicable to the rest of 



