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... Monkey tribe . MONKEY , FOUR - FINGERED - Common to the forests of Guiana and Brazil - Often seen on the Brazil ... SQUIRREL , of the Orinoco - Description of - At- tachment when domesticated to his keeper DOUROUCOULI - a creature ...
... Monkey tribe . MONKEY , FOUR - FINGERED - Common to the forests of Guiana and Brazil - Often seen on the Brazil ... SQUIRREL , of the Orinoco - Description of - At- tachment when domesticated to his keeper DOUROUCOULI - a creature ...
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... Monkey Cacajao . Giant Armadillo Tagnicati , or White - lipped • 169 Black Bear Pecary · . 184 Jaguar Tapir 187 ... Squirrel Petaurus . Agouti , or Olive Cavy Three - toed Sloth Pyramid of Cholula • 231 Mahogany Tree 241 Wool - bearing ...
... Monkey Cacajao . Giant Armadillo Tagnicati , or White - lipped • 169 Black Bear Pecary · . 184 Jaguar Tapir 187 ... Squirrel Petaurus . Agouti , or Olive Cavy Three - toed Sloth Pyramid of Cholula • 231 Mahogany Tree 241 Wool - bearing ...
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... Monkey , and the Squirrel Monkey ( S. sciurea ) . The Merikana is a pretty little animal , with an intelligent physiognomy , and light and graceful movements ; he utters a soft and plaintive sound , and his disposition is remarkably ...
... Monkey , and the Squirrel Monkey ( S. sciurea ) . The Merikana is a pretty little animal , with an intelligent physiognomy , and light and graceful movements ; he utters a soft and plaintive sound , and his disposition is remarkably ...
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... squirrel tribe . Like them he har- bours among thick clustering foliage , which affords a safe retreat ; yet ... Monkey ( S. sciurea ) of the Orinoco . This animal is of a SQUIRREL MONKEY . 19 golden hue , and exhales a 18 ANECDOTES OF ...
... squirrel tribe . Like them he har- bours among thick clustering foliage , which affords a safe retreat ; yet ... Monkey ( S. sciurea ) of the Orinoco . This animal is of a SQUIRREL MONKEY . 19 golden hue , and exhales a 18 ANECDOTES OF ...
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... monkeys , he is remarkably fond of insects , and if the weather be cold , or damp , whether in cage or forest , the ... Squirrel Monkey at the dawn of day peeping from out his leafy citadel , on the banks of the Orinoco , his clear ...
... monkeys , he is remarkably fond of insects , and if the weather be cold , or damp , whether in cage or forest , the ... Squirrel Monkey at the dawn of day peeping from out his leafy citadel , on the banks of the Orinoco , his clear ...
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Page 142 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Page 223 - When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple and print their bold outlines on the clear evening sky; but sometimes when the rest of the landscape is cloudless, they will gather a hood of gray vapors about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory.
Page 141 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 141 - Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame: Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear; They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 146 - Where some, like magistrates correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in. their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Page 228 - MAGNIFICENT Creature ! so stately and bright ! In the pride of thy spirit pursuing thy flight ; For what hath the child of the desert to dread, Wafting up his own mountains that far-beaming head ; Or borne like a whirlwind down on the vale ? — Hail ! King of the wild and the beautiful ! — hail ! Hail ! Idol divine ! — whom Nature hath borne O'er a hundred hill-tops since the mists of the morn, Whom the pilgrim lone wandering on mountain and moor, As the vision glides by him, may blameless adore...
Page 146 - Obedience ! for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king and officers of sorts ; Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring...
Page 146 - To the tent-royal of their ( emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Page 229 - Whom the pilgrim lone wandering on mountain and moor, As the vision glides by him, may blameless adore; For the joy of the happy, the strength of the free, Are spread in a garment of glory o'er thee, Up ! up to yon cliff!
Page 242 - Gray watcher of the waters! Thou art king Of the blue lake ; and all the winged kind Do fear the echo of thine angry cry. How bright thy savage eye ! Thou lookest down, And seest the shining fishes as they glide; And, poising thy gray wing, thy giossy beak Swift as an arrow strikes its roving prey.