Four feet, wings, and fins . the female black on a white ground. The zebrabelongs to the family, EquidceT After the menagerie, the whole company, Patincluded, took tea at Mr. Ellertons, and while thechildren were at the table, they went over what theyhad learned, much to the gratification of the fatherand mother. The monkey-tribe are not quadrupeds, if they dogo on all fours, are they ? asked Frank. No, they are Quadrumanes^ the only creaturesin the world that possess four hands, said Grace. With four hands I should think they mightaccomplish more than man, if they had the mind,said Frank. Tha
Four feet, wings, and fins . the female black on a white ground. The zebrabelongs to the family, EquidceT After the menagerie, the whole company, Patincluded, took tea at Mr. Ellertons, and while thechildren were at the table, they went over what theyhad learned, much to the gratification of the fatherand mother. The monkey-tribe are not quadrupeds, if they dogo on all fours, are they ? asked Frank. No, they are Quadrumanes^ the only creaturesin the world that possess four hands, said Grace. With four hands I should think they mightaccomplish more than man, if they had the mind,said Frank. Thats what is lacking, said Mr. Dumas. Theyhaven t the mind. They are in the image of manmore than any other creature, yet, because theyhave not mind, they are, after all this resemblance,nothing but mere brutes. You can tame a monkey,beginning on the first day of his birth, and thoughyou may succeed in teaching him some pretty smarttricks, you cannot make a ma^t of him, try yourbest! Do you remember their families, 202. THE menagp:rie. O, yes sir; those of the Old world belong tothe SimiadcB family, and those of the New to theCebidc^r The camel is the nicest animal we saw to-day,said May. He belongs to the order Ruminatia^and to the family Camelidcer
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