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thick and hairy hide from injury by the fall. 
There he lies till the calls of hunger again 
impel him to the arduous task of climbing 
another tree, when he proceeds in the same 
manner. 
Linneus says that the cry of the sloth is 
horrible and its tears piteous. It is most 
active during the night, at which time it 
utters its plaintive cry, ascending and de- 
scending in perfect tune through the hexa- 
chord, or six successive musical intervals. 
When the Spaniards, on their first arrival in 
America, heard this unusual noise, they 
imagined that they were near some nation 
which was acquainted with our music. 
THE ARMADILLO. 
The animals of this tribe are thus named 
from the curious kind of armour by which 
their bodies are protected. This armour is 
