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... Monkey . MONKEYS OF THE OLD WORLD : The Proboscis , or Long - Nosed Monkey - The Negro Monkey - The Lutung - The Entellus Monkey - The Douc - The True Colobus - The Guereza - The Talapoin Monkey - The Diana Monkey - The Mona Monkey ...
... Monkey . MONKEYS OF THE OLD WORLD : The Proboscis , or Long - Nosed Monkey - The Negro Monkey - The Lutung - The Entellus Monkey - The Douc - The True Colobus - The Guereza - The Talapoin Monkey - The Diana Monkey - The Mona Monkey ...
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... Monkeys ; and the Lemurida . The first of these families may again be sub- divided into two groups - the Monkeys of the Old World and the Monkeys of the New . Those of the Old World have been popularly described under the various names of ...
... Monkeys ; and the Lemurida . The first of these families may again be sub- divided into two groups - the Monkeys of the Old World and the Monkeys of the New . Those of the Old World have been popularly described under the various names of ...
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... monkey who had seen the world , " likely to be forgotten : - " At length the treacherous snare was laid ; Poor Pug ... monkeys there are many amusing stories ; and so remarkable , indeed , are some of the facts that have been observed ...
... monkey who had seen the world , " likely to be forgotten : - " At length the treacherous snare was laid ; Poor Pug ... monkeys there are many amusing stories ; and so remarkable , indeed , are some of the facts that have been observed ...
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... monkey , who was observed to be closely attentive to his proceedings . He then left him alone with a young monkey , with some of the matter on the table , and beside it a lancet guarded that it might not cut too deep , by a projecting ...
... monkey , who was observed to be closely attentive to his proceedings . He then left him alone with a young monkey , with some of the matter on the table , and beside it a lancet guarded that it might not cut too deep , by a projecting ...
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... monkey was not far below humanity , and described him as a man of the woods , moving abroad only during the night , and conversing in a kind of whistling sound ; he fancied , too that the distance between them might be greatly lessened ...
... monkey was not far below humanity , and described him as a man of the woods , moving abroad only during the night , and conversing in a kind of whistling sound ; he fancied , too that the distance between them might be greatly lessened ...
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animal appears approach arms attack bear became become body bones branches breed brought brown called carried close colour common considerable covered creature described direction distance domestic ears eight elephant entirely equal extremely eyes face feet female five flesh foot fore forests four frequently genus give gray ground habits hair hand head hind horns horse inches Indians killed kind known leaves legs length less limbs lion living look lower monkey mouth native nature nearly neck never night nose observed pass present prey race remained remarkable resembles says seemed seen short side skin sometimes soon species strong surface tail taken teeth thick toes took trees turned upper usual whole wild woods young
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Page 307 - An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, 'Till, crash ! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o...
Page 9 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone...
Page 307 - The best laid schemes o mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promised joy. Still thou art blest, compared wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, Och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear ! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an
Page 321 - Sprung from his heathery couch in haste. But ere his fleet career he took, The dewdrops from his flanks he shook; Like crested leader proud and high...
Page 156 - In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats ; to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Page 62 - We rustled through the leaves like wind, Left shrubs, and trees, and wolves behind; By night I heard them on the track, Their troop came hard upon our back, With their long gallop, which can tire The hound's deep hate, and hunter's fire...
Page 38 - It is said that when the male is first seen he gives a terrific yell, that resounds far and wide through the forest, something like kh — ah!
Page 219 - Thomas ; not expecting to see her again, but desirous to learn, if possible, what became of her. In something less than an hour, Richard returned, almost breathless, with the following account. That soon after he began to run, he left Tom behind him, and came in sight of a most numerous hunt of men, women, children and dogs; that he did his best to keep back the dogs, and presently outstripped...
Page 219 - Coleman to the chase, as being nimbler, and carrying less weight than Thomas; not expecting to see her again, but desirous to learn, if possible, what became of her. In something less than an hour Richard returned, almost breathless, with the following account: That soon after he began to...
Page 346 - Though she was sorely wounded, and could but just crawl to the place where they lay, she carried the lump of flesh she had fetched away, as she had done...