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are hatched, these women sometimes manage to keep 
alive until they are fully fledged, though never for long 
after that. 
It has been said that, except perhaps in very rare cases, 
Indians have no real affection for their animals ; but, 
on the other hand, the animals display great affection for 
the Indians. And in nearly all cases through these 
animals are not shy of even strange Indians yet they are 
most timid or angry if any white man approaches them. 
This was perhaps most strikingly illustrated to me by a 
big black spider monkey (A teles beelzebub) belonging to 
a settlement where I stayed some days. The animal 
could not bear to see me or either of my white-skinned 
companions looking at her. It frequently sat on the top 
of a big post in the middle of the settlement and watched 
us eagerly when it thought we were not looking ; but 
if one of us gave any sign of looking toward her, were 
we far from it or near to it, it immediately put its head 
under its arm and cowered down on the post. Whether 
this objection is to the clothes of white men or to the 
colour of their skin I am not quite sure, but I think it is 
to the latter ; for though the animals are not altogether 
friendly to negroes yet they are not so hostile to them 
— though negroes at the present day of course wear almost 
as much clothing as travellers in the bush — as they are 
to white men. 
When Indians travel, leaving their homes entirely for 
a time, they take all their animals with them, either loose 
or packed in quakes or baskets. It is amusing to see a 
party of travelling Indians camping for the night at the 
side of the river. One of the first duties is to set free and 
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