The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
LIE v.iiIant's Monkey.

1t will be obvious, when the eay home of this race is
considered that Il Is OF the utmost consequence that the
infant monkey should be protected much as possible
from fall Accordingly, the prevailing instinct of
young one IS, in sailors language, hold 1t clings
TO It's mother w'th the greatest enacy and enable it
to do this, considerable strength thrown into the ex-
tremtles, the anterior limbs especially
lie Valiant in his introduction to his first voyage
gives the following curous instance of the exhibition OF
TINS instinct under extraordinary circumstances When
living IN Dutch GUIANA at Paramaribo, where he was
born, and where he had already, though very Young
formed collection OF insects the future traveller and his
party IN one OF their excursions had killed female
monkey: -.-t-s. --.t-. t.t
"As she carried ON her back young one which had not
when The plantation my ape had not qasd
ue shoulders oil It's mother clnng closely thsm
scarcely 1e s was om
when, like Bird 1t dared upon wooden block stood
with its four paws, could be compelled to quit It's DO
sItion Deceived by lis instinct still imagined itself be
the back of its mother and projection A, it
seemed perfectly the peruke, resolved suffer
to remain and to feed there with goats milk IL
tinued in IT'S error for three weeks but after that period
emancipnting itself from its authority, it Quilted the
Ssad s. and n i, amusing ck became the
Though it difficult to suppress smile at the idea OF
monkey c!nging to full bottom wig block, and
iancyng It its mamma the Story as it begins mournfuly
her unhappy offspring; tdied terrible deaththe result
indeed OF its own mischevous voracty, but in agones
frighful to think Of
~ had, however" continued LIE Valiant "without
suspectng 1t, introduced the wolf among my flock One
morning, on entering my chamber, the door OF which
had been 80 imprudent as to leave open, behed my
worthy pupil making hearty breakfast on my noble col
lection. In the first transports of my passion. resolved
to srangle in my arms; but rage and fury gave
place pity when perceived that its voracousness had
exposed it to the most cruel punishment In eating the
beetles, had swallowed some of the pins which they
were liked though made thousand efforts to throw
them up, all its exertions were in vain. The torture
which it suffered made me forget the devastation it had
occasloned; thought only of atiording it relief but
neither my tears. al the art Of my fathers slaves
whom called from all quarters with loud cries, were
able to preserve its life"
To return to the instinct exemped in the first part OF
this tale; we remember to have seen female monkey
and her young one in the cage of menagerie--and
small cage too In this the insnct-and it was a
good example OF the wide difference between that quality
and reasonboth on the part Of the mother and her off
spring. was Just as strong as it could have been in their
native forests The young chung as tightly and the
mother showed much anxiety lest it should be dashed
to pieces by fall whilst she sitting at the bottom Of
her cage which rested the ground if she had been
swinging with the breeze upon the tree opBroderips
Geological Recreaion just published by Lee Bianehara