. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. 26 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD these New World species. No person clever at interpreting the ways of ani- mals would fail to consider them far more clever and sympathetic than the melancholy anthropoid apes, while for appearance they have no equals. Probably the most attractive monkey in Europe is a South American one now in the London Zoological Gardens. It was first mentioned to Europeans by Baron von Humboldt, who saw it in the cabin of an Indian on the Orinoco. These forest Indians of South America are gentle creatures themselves. Among other amiable
. Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. 26 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD these New World species. No person clever at interpreting the ways of ani- mals would fail to consider them far more clever and sympathetic than the melancholy anthropoid apes, while for appearance they have no equals. Probably the most attractive monkey in Europe is a South American one now in the London Zoological Gardens. It was first mentioned to Europeans by Baron von Humboldt, who saw it in the cabin of an Indian on the Orinoco. These forest Indians of South America are gentle creatures themselves. Among other amiable qualities, they have a passion for keeping pets. One who worked for a friend of the writer, with others of his tribe, was asked what he would take in payment, which was given ^. mi- ^w,- .^^ mS^m ...-sicv â ^Sv"-» ^m ^v- ^>^^i* % 1: ^v^i***^^! p «/â¢â¢'-â '⢠â '' fc:^^ J^^^ ^ M\ %^ r-'..,^f,f. ^1 1 f^v ' 1 4 ^^^K. %^ nrv^^^^i ^ 1 n<jia ujf A, a. Rudland &" Sons BLACK-EARED MARMOSET These are among the prettiest of small tropical monkeys in America: they are insect-feeders^ and ^ery delicate kind. The others chose cloth, axes, etc. This Indian said that he did not care for any of these things. He said he wanted a " ; No- one knew what he meant. He signed that he wished to go to the house and would show them. Arrived there, he pointed to the cat! " Pussy," to the Arawak Indian, was a " poosa," and that was what he wanted as a month's wages. Humboldt's Indian had something better than a " ; It was a monkey, as black as coal, with a round head, long thickly furred tail, and bright vivacious eyes. The explorer called it the Lagothrix, which means Hare-skin Monkey, The fur is not the least like a hare's, but much resembles that of an opossum. The more suitable- name is the Woolly Monkey. The one kept at the Gardens is a most friendly and vivacious creature, ready to embrace, play and make frie
Size: 1812px × 1378px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorco, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectmammals
