SEA-APE. 
tfiem as taking place at marked intervals of time, which appear to 
have caused their division of the night-watches by the first, second, 
au*J third cock-crowings, as mentioned by St. John. 
The Partridge. 
The affection of the partridge for her young is peculiarly strong 
and lively. She is greatly assisted in the care of rearing them by her 
mate ; they lead them out in common, call them together, point out 
to them their proper food, and assist them in finding it by scratching 
the ground with their feet; they frequently sit close to each other, by 
covering the chickens with their wings like the hen. In this situation 
they are not easily flushed ; and the sportsman, who is attentive to 
the preservation of his game, will carefully avoid giving any disturb- 
ance to a scene so truly interesting. Should the pointer, however, 
come too near, or unfortunately run in upon them, there are few who 
are ignorant of the confusion that follows. The male first gives the 
signal of alarm by a peculiar cry of distress, throwing himself, at the 
same moment, more immediately into the way of danger, in order to 
deceive or mislead the enemy ; he flies, or rather runs along the 
ground, hanging his wings, and exhibiting every symptom of debility, 
in order to decoy the dog to a distance from the covey ; the female 
flies off in a contrary direction, and to a greater distance, but return- 
ing soon after by secret ways, she finds her scattered brood closely 
squatted among the grass, and, collecting them in haste, she leads 
them from the danger before the dog has had time to return from 
bis pursuit. 
Sea-Ape. 
Stellen gave this name to a marine animal which he saw on the 
coast of America, and thus describes in his history of Kamtschatka, 
p. 136. “ The head appeared like that of a dog, with sharp and up- 
right ears, large eyes, and with both lips bearded ; the body round, 
and conoid, the thickest part near the head ; the tail forked, the 
upper lobe the longest ; the body covered with thick hair, gray on 
Ihe back, reddish on the belly. It seemed destitute of feet. It was 
extremely wanton, and played a number of monkey tricks. It some- 
times swam on one side, sometimes on the other side of the ship, and 
gazed at it with great admiration. It made so near an approach to 
the vessel, as almost to be touched with a pole ; but if any body 
moved, it instantly retired. It would often stand erect for a consi- 
derable space, with one-third of its body above water, then dart 
beneath the ship, and appear on the other side, and repeat the same 
thirty times together. It would frequently arise w ith a sea-plant, not 
unlike the bottle-gourd, toss it up, and catch it in its mouth, playing 
with it numberless fantastic tricks.” 
Curious Facts ir Natural History. 
It b?is been generally considered, on the authority of Mr. Pen- 
nant, that toads live on insects and worms, but it appears, from 
