Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-06-28
AMeRlcAs MoNKevs.


the sstfswlera"
Professor Alhert = Riekmore'. lee
ture a the American Maseam II Nata
cal History recentiy was on Mondays
q the New World" Tie worl
monkey. be said. had beea derived
from manakin or monakin. and meant
''uafortnaate little fellow" In s"uth
America monkeys are % be- found on
nnd south ~ limo betwecn the city oi
Mexico aud Vera Crax. bat none above
dat line The American monkeys
have q broad moss aud their nostrils
turn outward and downward. Apiece
liar species wa the tete. oaly hve
lnches high. which has two more teeth
than any mouksy IA AfricA Another
was the hcardsd monkey. $40 namrd
because - beard which surrounded
his face in a fashioa made notable BY
a celebrated journalist some years de-
ceas-d. The aBimal (lhe monkef1
was very carcful II his hs.as-i -s.d
"a sar ~~t - when drihking IL would
hollow his hand into the furm - cup,
dip u into aud on Il with water. aud
then drink from his hand slowly while
with one u his other hand he would
carefully prsss his beard out - the
way Il cuntaet with auy drops q water
that might fall. rhe picture shown
did nut represent a. handsome .
monkey a. obe might suppose 80 fas-
tidiou. monkey b. b..
Anpthaf pdi species was the white.
throsted monkey, aud still another
"liumisplds monkey discovered by
that great explorer and sumetimes
called the 'uegrn' monkey because ~
the curl, S,-l upon it, head Other
monkey hat tails 50 sensitive that
Shrn their owners were passing
nptlly through the forests drag
giug th..r tails lrhind them.
thrs could ten instantly when
thtir caudal appcnlagvs eamc into
c'ufnct with any thing guod 90 eat.
Those -sm~ tails we're very powerful.
Aud their uu uers could hurk them ., rr
a limb aud hanging by that support
20 fast asleep II monkey were shot
when in this position De- wuu.i not
flll. hr vuu.d simply continue d. cling
there until dyeumpos 80 in The
natives -hnut monkeys with l.alsoue,l
arruv-. which thry blow 1ut q long
hollow reeds when tho wounded
monkey becomes uucuus, i1us from the
effects ~ thr pui-un the hunter runs
az and puts some salt into hi mouth
after securing him. aud thc salt l,cing
"a antidnir tar the pui.ln. the hunter
ret. q live mnnAty "a. Wnud A. new.
Natives - the Amazon eat mankeys
ln fact. they are the chief fnud sutg,l,
~ . large -rst.on a ths people The
meat d sand a. be- uire aHd tenIer and
very nutrition. The lecturer related
an anecdutr q un explorer Who va.
given dish - munksy meat And
found u eNrrllgut n weald has
"a, ,ui1ysl tlsr ufsHI. a. saisi, hasl be noa
horA ~ nervous over the thought thai
d. might ~ devuuriag one ~ hts 50
spsrted ancestors.
The lecturer At.sfiled in detail the
speeches - the South American muuke,
knowu a. thg "hoWlpr.' These monk
eys travel u groups and they are yea,
Jealous uf saph other. abilities n.
hovlers Each group has a champion
howlsr, and when two groups meet
ous hovl'r trum each .iis opposite the
other, .Hfr1Hndrd by thy resi-. and then
,Nrh turs 90 uuthowi the other. a.,
rrsperfiF, -ruup- joining iu the cho-
rus lli. diu can d. hearl AZ 4 di..
tance af from Two a. three rlIss. aul
thr terror - Luntsmau who goc. q,
,irrp in the forest aui i- suddenlv
awakened by q group q hnwl,rs IN tht
trees abu,r bim can D. better imagined
than described Monkeys lk, bauaua.
better than ans thing else, although
thry ary fond q green corn anil tho
brvaifrult which grows abuudautly u
the luxuriaut forests a south Amoricp
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