VII. 



ANOTHER PAIR OF MARMOSETS. 



After the death of the smallest monkeys in 

 the world, I was able for a year or two to look 

 out of my window and see another pair of mar- 

 mosets, who lived in a big cage at a neighbor's, 

 and were put out on a back piazza on pleasant 

 days. They were larger than those I have told 

 about, but they were sometimes very amusing. 



People often say that marmosets are stupid. 

 They are not so intelligent as the larger mon- 

 keys, but one reason why they appear so, is that 

 they are shut in a cage. We all know how dull 

 and listless even a dog will get who is always 

 confined, and the case is worse with these little 

 creatures, the most restless and active animals 

 in the world. 



What, indeed, could any one do, shut up in 

 a cage with nothing on earth to amuse himself 

 with ? 



The marmosets on the back piazza had great 

 frolics among themselves. They rolled and 

 tumbled together on the floor like two kittens ; 

 they " played tag " all over the cage, chasing 

 each other madly, and, sometimes seizing the 



