MONKEY. 
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be incumbered with two, she carries one on her 
back and the other in her arms. The little one 
on her back clasps its hands round her neck and 
its feet about her middle, and remains so closely 
attached that nothing can shake it off. When she 
wishes to suckle it, the two change places, and that 
which was on the back, takes the breast, while the 
other occupies its situation. 
The monkey tribe feed chiefly upon fruits, the 
buds of trees, and succulent roots and plants ; these 
the warm and fertile regions they inhabit furnish 
them in abundance. They, however, do not entirely 
confine themselves to a vegetable diet, but some- 
times eat insects and worms. If they are within 
reach of the sea-coast, they will descend to the 
shore and devour what crabs^ oysters, or shell-fish 
they can find. They will manage an oyster with 
great dexterity, by putting a pebble into the gaping 
shell, by which it is prevented from closing, and 
then eating the fish at their leisure. 
