. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. 288 ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. them some fruit, lie saw an unfortunate tortoise between Master Job's paws. The monkey was turning it over, smelling at it, and then depositing it on the ground, persistently poking his fingers into its shell, a proceeding which by no means tended to enliven the melancholy animal. According to TEncuerado's advice, Lucien stuck up some branches near the water, and put the tortoise into this miniature enclosure. Night came on, and Lucien was still teaching the birds to say " Hortense'' and "Emile
. Adventures of a young naturalist. Natural history. 288 ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG NATURALIST. them some fruit, lie saw an unfortunate tortoise between Master Job's paws. The monkey was turning it over, smelling at it, and then depositing it on the ground, persistently poking his fingers into its shell, a proceeding which by no means tended to enliven the melancholy animal. According to TEncuerado's advice, Lucien stuck up some branches near the water, and put the tortoise into this miniature enclosure. Night came on, and Lucien was still teaching the birds to say " Hortense'' and "; To our great astonishment, Gringalet went and stretched himself close to Master Job, who, without hesitation, commenced freeing him from the vermin which were lodged among his hair; then the two friends went to sleep side by side. About nine o'clock, when I was making up the fire before going to rest myself, Janet opened one of her eyes, and chattered a short sentence; I'Encuerado was much too fast asleep to answer Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biart, Lucien, 1828-1897; Gillmore, Parker, ed. London. S. Low, Son, & Marston
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