CUAP. IV.] 



AN INFANT MTAS, 



45 



exemplary patience, only too ^lacl to have something warm 

 near it, which it could clasp aftectionately in its arms. It 

 sometimes^ however, had its revenge ; for when the monkey 

 wanted to go a^vay, the Mias would hold on as long as it 

 eonld hy the loose skin of its back or heat], or by its tail, 

 and it was only after many vigorous jumps that the 

 monkey could make his escapa 



Tt was curious to observe the different actions of these 

 animals, wliich could not have differed much in age. 

 The Iklias> like a very young haliy, lying on its back quite 

 helpless, roiling lazily from side to side, stretching out all 

 four hands into the air, wishing to grasp something, but 

 hardly able to guide its fingers to any definite ohject ; and 

 when dissatisfied, opening wide its almost toothless mouth, 

 and expressing its wants by a most infantine scream. The 

 little monkey, on the other hand, in constant motion ; 

 running and junjping about wherever it pleased, examining 

 everything around it, seizing hold of the smallest objects 

 with the greatest precision, balancing itself on the edge 

 of the box or running up a post, and helping itself to 

 anything eatable that came in its way. There could hardly 

 he a greater contrast, and the baby llias looked more 

 baby-like hy the comparison. 



When I had had it ahout a month, it began to exhibit 

 some signs of learning to run alone. When laid upon the 

 floor it would push itself along hy its legs, or roll itseH 

 over, and thus make an unwieldy progression. When 

 lying in the box it would lift itself up to the edge into 

 almost an erect position, and once or twice succeeded in 

 tumbling out ^Vlien left dirty, or hungry, or otherwise 

 neglected, it would scream violently till attended to, varied 

 by a kind of coiighing or pumping noise, very similar to 

 tliat which is made by the adult animal. If no one was 

 in the house, or its cries were not attended to, it would 

 be quiet after a little while, but the moment it heard a 

 footstep would begin again harder than ever. 



After five wrecks it cut its two upper front teeth, hut in 

 all this time it had not grown the least bit, remaining 

 botii in size and weight the same as when I first procured 

 it. This was no donbt owinjj to the want of milk or other 

 equally nourishing food. Hice-water, rice, and biscnits 



