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not molested. The one whose picture is shown here hved 
near the mine of a friend, and had become so tame as to take 
nuts from one's hand. These were usually peanuts, and 
when he had eaten his fill would carry away others that might 
be given him to some hiding place; he seemed to know 
the name by which he had been christened, "Charlie," very 
well, and would come when called, if within hearing. At 
one time he had a mate who was so unfortunate as to be 
caught in a trap set for a mountain rat; he found her before 
the people did, and attracted their attention by his chattering. 
They said his grief was pitiful to witness, that he caressed 
and fondled the body as if trying to coax her back to life 
in a manner almost human. 
ORDER CARNIVORA 
This order contains a large assemblage of highly organized 
and powerful animals chiefly flesh-eating in diet, such as cats, 
dogs, weasels, and seals. They are distinguished by possessing 
five or sometimes four digits, usually armed with more or less 
sharp-pointed claws, by the pollex and hallux not being 
opposable to the other digits, and by their teeth, of which 
there are two sets, each divided into incisors, canines, and 
molars, all of which are rooted. Other characters are: 
Incisors small and pointed, usually three pairs above and 
below, of these the median pair are the smallest; canines 
strong, conical, and well developed; molars usually compressed, 
sharp-edged, and adapted for cutting; condyle of the lower 
jaw on a level with the molars and working in a transverse 
semicircular groove, the glenoid cavity, restricting all lateral 
motion; clavicles rudimentary or absent; radius and ulna 
distinct; no centrale; cerebral hemispheres always convoluted 
to a certain extent; stomach simple; coeca small or absent; 
uterus bicornate: placenta discoidal and generally zonary. 
