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mals *, When several of these little monk Pxr( ^ 

 shut up in the same cage, are exposed to the 

 rain, and the habitual temperature of the air 

 sinks suddenly two or three degrees, they twist 

 their tail, which, however, is not prehensile, 

 round their neck, and intertwine their arms and 

 legs to warm one another. The Indian hunters 

 told us, in the forests they often met groupes of 

 ten or twelve of these animals, that sent forth 

 lamentable cries, because those without endea- 

 voured to enter amid the group to find warmth 

 and shelter. By shooting arrows dipped in weak 

 poison*^- at one of these groups, a great number 

 of young monkeys are taken alive at once. The 

 titi in falling remains clinging to it's mother. 

 If it is not wounded by the fall, it does not quit 

 the shoulder or the neck of the dead animal. 

 Most of those that are found alive in the huts of 

 the Indians have been thus taken from the dead 

 bodies of their mothers. Those that are full 

 grown, when cured of a slight wound, commonly 



* I shall observe on this occasion, that I have never heard 

 of a picture, on which hares or deer were represented of their 

 natural size, and with the greatest perfection, having made 

 the least impression even on hunting-dogs, the intelligence of 

 which appeared the most improved. Is there an example 

 well ascertained of a dog having recognized a full-length pic- 

 ture of it's master ? In all these cases, the sight is not assisted 

 by the smell. 



t Curare destemplado.* 



