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FOUR-HANDED FOLK 



always to hang on to one till he gets hold of an- 

 other ; which proves him to be a very prudent 

 fellow, I am sure. 



Like other monkeys, this little creature has 

 no special home ; and when night comes, and he 

 gets sleepy, his mother makes a bed for him 

 with her. She does it by breaking off branches 

 and laying them crosswise on other branches of 

 the tree. In a very few minutes she will make 

 as nice a bed as any monkey baby could desire. 



The bed is made low down in the tree, and if 

 it rains, the natives say a big leaf is used as 

 a cover. Should one of the poor fellows be 

 wounded by men who want his skin, he hurries 

 to the top of the thickest tree he can find, and 

 makes himself a bed in which to die, or to lie 

 and get well if he can. He chooses his place so 

 well, and makes it so thick, that he cannot be 

 seen from below. 



The baby orang has often been brought to our 

 menageries, and we know him well as a captive. 

 He is amiable enough when well treated and 

 indulged in his whims. Like a human baby, 

 he likes to be " coddled " and kept warm, held 

 in laps and nursed tenderly. Like them also, he 

 does n't like to sleep alone, nor to wake up and 

 find his nurse gone ; and he is quite able to make 

 his likes and dislikes known, for he cries and 

 screams and roars, amazingly like a human baby. 



