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which lie rolled about and played with for a considerable time, carrying it in one hand while he 
hopped and skipped about in high glee. He eats fruits, sweetmeats, bread, and any kind of animal 
substance, killing everything he can pounce upon and overpower. This strong and active little brute 
thus eats his prey at once, as I had proof in an unfortunate Sparrow which he unmercifully devoured 
head first.” 
Another pair of these Galagos, since kept in the Society’s Gardens, at dusk and nightfall behave 
quite as actively. Most unwillingly are they poked out of their comfortable sleeping-box during the 
day, or even when becoming dark, until they hear the keeper sounding all visitors out, and quietness 
reigns. Immediately, then, they are full of life, and utter an extraordinarily loud and prolonged ka- 
ka-ing yell, a sort of feu-de-joie. From even till morn there follow unceasing motion and occasional 
ejaculation, until, on the appearance of the keeper, they retire to rest. 
Garnett’s galago. 
The number of the Lemuroida is considerable, and they have been grouped in at least twelve 
genera, and these, again, have been arranged in families. These will be classified by-and-by. It is 
extremely difficult in many instances to distinguish one kind or species from another, in consequence of 
the great sameness of shape, and the fact that the same individual has a different coloured coat at 
various times of his life, and that the males and females of the same kind are often differently coloured. 
It will be seen, on reading the description of the Monkeys in the first chapters, that they can be 
arranged not only by their peculiar structures into grand groups, but by the particular parts of the 
world they inhabit. Hence they have been divided into those of the Old and of the New World. 
Now, something of the same kind may be done for the Lemuroida, but not quite as perfectly. There 
are six genera of them living in Madagascar, three in Africa, and three in the great Asiatic Islands 
and Hindostan. But although some of those of one locality are very distinct from those of others, it 
is not always so, and one Madagascar and one African group present close resemblances, and, curiously 
enough, two West African genera are classed close to two whose kinds live in Ceylon, Hindostan, and 
the island of Borneo. 
