THE MONKEY FAMILY. 



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nor recesses amongst the branches of trees, 

 wherein to retire for the propagation of their race. 

 That, their only true resting places are the 

 branches and the clefts of trees, both of which 

 they uniformly desert, when food becomes deficient. 



That, the young ones cleave to their mother's 

 bodies wherever their mothers ramble, without any 

 risk of falling, just as the young bats in this 

 country, are known to cling to theirs. 



That, the largest species of this wonderful family, 

 far from shewing signs of pursuit, or of resistance, 

 scampers away amongst the trees on the appear- 

 ance of man ; whilst individuals of the lesser tribes, 

 will sometimes mount to the tops of the trees, and 

 there look down upon the passing traveller below, 

 apparently with astonishment, as though they 

 recognised in his physiognomy, some faint traces 

 of a newly-arrived cousin. 



Whilst we admire the lion, walking on his path ; 

 or observe the jaguar crouching on the bole of 

 some inclined tree, half-rooted up by the force of 

 the hurricane; — whilst we contemplate the bull 

 ruminating in the plain, and the roebuck bounding 

 o'er the hills ; we see them in situations exactly 

 suited to their forms and to their appetites. 



Then, let us have the monkey, just where it 

 ought to be, and nowhere else. Its shoulders, — 



