. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. an who was trying to protect his sugar-cane patch with a great trench and a pali- it,, sade covered with msiimiv luu. .1 1 nails. All to no purpose. He walked down to it one morning, and found a row of monkeys seated on the palisade. The moment he came within reach they threw his own sugar-cane into his face, after which they got down and strolled away, leisurely munching. Such things were not to be borne. Our friend chased a flock into a tree, felled the treu, and caught four or five young monkeys. The parents waited near,
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. an who was trying to protect his sugar-cane patch with a great trench and a pali- it,, sade covered with msiimiv luu. .1 1 nails. All to no purpose. He walked down to it one morning, and found a row of monkeys seated on the palisade. The moment he came within reach they threw his own sugar-cane into his face, after which they got down and strolled away, leisurely munching. Such things were not to be borne. Our friend chased a flock into a tree, felled the treu, and caught four or five young monkeys. The parents waited near, ingreat consternation, anxiously watching whiletheir infants were painted from head to footwith treacle and tartar emetic. On beingallowed to go, they rushed off into the fond andwelcoming arms, and were instantly carried upinto the woods, and there assiduously lickedclean from top to toe by their affectionateparents. The natural effects followed, and thepitiable condition of the old monkeys canscarcely be? imagined. Thatpatch of sugar-cane was neverrifled ^(:y^ uming arms, and werewoods. PARROT, who . used to beParrot kept in the Story. nursery and evinced muchinterest in the chil-d ren — especiallythe baby—was oneday removed to thekitchen. He hadonly been in hisnew quarters ashort time when aloud cry, Oh, dear,the baby ! thebaby! was heardin the to thescene of thedisturbance, theservants found theparrot wild withexcitement over asucking-pig, whichwas roasting infront of the fire. A STRAY kitten that used to sleep part of the day with two pet rabbits appeared to be very much at home Quarded Her with them. One evening the Friends. rabbits got out of their hutch and ran about the garden. Shortly afterwards the kitten was found crouching on the ground with her paw on a rabbits back and closely watching the other, which wa^ in a corner, thus preventing theui from escaping from the garden. NOTES AND COM-MENTS.
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