th such a young man, and tell me, and I find he is respectable, I
have no objection to his coming to see you once a week. God forbid!" said
she, in a low voice, "that I should grieve any young hearts." She spoke as
if she were providing for some distant contingency, and was rather
startled when Martha made her ready, eager answer:

"Please, ma'am, there's Jim Hearn, and he's a joiner, making
three-and-sixpence a day, and six foot one in his stocking-feet, please
ma'am; and if you'll ask about him to-morrow morning, every one will give
him a character for steadiness; and he'll be glad enough to come to-morrow
night, I'll be bound."

Though Miss Matey was startled, she submitted to Fate and Love.

ANECDOTES OF MONKEYS.

During a short stay on the Essequibo, a little monkey of the Jackowai Ris
tribe, in return for some slight attention I had shown him, permitted me
so far to gain his favor and confidence, that he was seldom away from my
person; indeed, he treated me like one mentioned by a distinguished
traveler, which every morning seized on a pig belonging to a mission on
the Orinoco, and rode on its back during the whole day, while it wandered
about the savannahs in search of food. Nothing pleased him better than to
perch on my shoulder, when he would encircle my neck with his long hairy
tail, and accompany me in all my rambles. His tail formed a no very
agreeable neckcloth, with the thermometer above one hundred degrees; but
he seemed so disappointed when I refused to carry him, that it was
impossible to leave him behind. In appearance he was particularly
engaging--squirrel-like in form--with a light brown coat slightly tinged
with yellow, and arms and legs of a reddish cast--pleasingly contrasting
with a pale face, and small black muzzle; the expressive and merry twinkle
of his sparkling black eye betokened fun, roguery, and intelligence. The
Jackowai Ris are a fierce race, and approach the carnivora in their habits
and dispositions. One reason of our intimacy was the sameness of our
pursuits--both being entomologists; but he was a far more indefatigable
insect-hunter than myself. He would sit motionless for hours among the
branches of a flowering shrub or tree, the resort of bees and butterflies,
and suddenly seize them when they little expected danger. Timid in the
presence of strangers, he would usually fly to the branches of a
neighboring tree at their approach, uttering a plaintive cry, more
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