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LEMURS.
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of many yards, so lightly as hardly to attract the
notice of the ear when it alights. Ifit take a leap
from a table to the back of a distant chair, or
even to the upper angle of an open door, it never
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WHITE-FRONTED LEMUR.
misses its hold. Under the points of the fingers are elastic cushions, which no doubt assist it in performing these feats. It is a very affectionate animal, and a most amusing companion. Our limits will not permit us to indulge in an account of cne which we kept, and which was suffered to go at large. When tired with playing about in
