MONKEYS. 
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mortal, shot this one and handed it to Pedro to be 
converted into “ second course.” 
And so the quiet current of peaceful observation is 
broken. It is common to associate sport and natural 
history, and their conditions and surroundings are often 
the same, but their spirits are contrary. Murder, which 
is the sportsman’s aim, 
“Jars against Nature’s chime, and with harsh din 
Breaks the fair music that all creatures make 
To their great Lord.” 
And to have our ear tuned to hear everywhere that 
music is the greatest pleasure and the highest good which 
the pursuit of natural history offers to us. 
TIIE BULLOCK DOVE. 
