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this tribe. The group consists of a chief and his wife and 

 child, on whom a somewhat elaborate embalming has been 

 practised. The heads are wrapped in snake skins, and the 

 whole body inclosed in a handsomely colored buckskin 

 sewed .by thongs of the same. The outer buckskin is 

 handsomely figured and colored, and around the limbs are 

 long strings of beads. The unusual amount of decoration 

 on these mummies indicates a former high rank borne by 

 these individuals. 



THE HIGHER ANIMALS. — ORDER Primates. 



The first of animals, or the highest after man, are em- 

 braced in this Order, which includes Apes, Monkeys, and 

 Lemurs. Two very distinct groups are noticed among the 

 monkeys ; found respectively in the old and new worlds. 

 The Lemurs form a group almost entirely inhabiting Mada- 

 gascar. 



The Old World Monkeys (Family Simiadce) are regarded 

 as highest in the scale of life ; several sub-families are 

 recognized. 



Gibbon. 



Orang. 



Chimpanzee. 



