to the establishment saw the monkey sitting on a terrace in the yard, and started for him. When he got within a few feet, the monkey sat so still and unconcerned that the dog was frightened. He also sat down, and for a minute or two they glared at each other. The dog was thinking of renewing the attack, when the monkey lifted his hat and bowed politely to him. This was too much for the dog, and he took refuge under the porch; as soon as he was gone, the monkey, who was really as much frightened as the dog, made lightning tracks up a tree.

The other story of the monkey is as follows:

The servant of a medical gentleman who was some time in India caught a young monkey, and brought it to his tent, where every care was taken of it; but the mother was so greatly distressed with the loss of her baby, that she never ceased uttering a piteous cry, night and day, in the immediate vicinity of the tent. The doctor, at length tired out with the constant howling, desired the servant to restore the young one to its mother, which he did, when the poor animal happily retired, and sped its way to the community to which it belonged. Here, however, she found she could not be received. She and her baby had lost caste, and, like the hunted deer, were beaten and rejected by the flock.

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A few days after, our medical friend was astonished to see the monkey return to his tent, bringing the young one along with her. She entered the tent of

her own accord, apparently very much exhausted, and having deposited her young one, she then retired a few yards from the tent, and there laid herself down and died.

The body of the poor animal was found in a most emaciated state, starved, wounded, and scratched all over, so that there can be no doubt that she had been terribly maltreated by her comrades, and, finding no safety for herself or her offspring, returned the little one into the care of those who were the cause of her misfortunes.

My dear children, let us learn from the poor captive monkey the lesson of making life pleasant for our friends and companions. The monkey, instead of regretting his loss of freedom, and sulking and moping in captivity, tries to do the best that he can to make his companions and friends who are around him happy, and in this way teaches us all a much-needed lesson in life.

These, then, I think, are the three lessons which we learn from the mischief-loving monkey.

First, we learn a lesson of imitating our superiors. Second, we learn a lesson of making the best of our surroundings.

And third, we learn a lesson of making things pleasant for our friends.

The apostle Paul says in one place," Be ye followers [or imitators] of God, as dear children."

Let the monkey stand in our minds as the model of

the best imitators we find among our friends in the animal world. If we can imitate our Lord Jesus Christ with but half the power with which the monkey imitates man, we will have learned the great lesson of the Christian life.

"Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog." Ps. xxii. 20.

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N going on with our study of "Bible Natural History," the last animal that we can consider is the Dog.

In Eastern countries, and in the days when the Bible was written, dogs were not much thought of. They were never properly treated by the people of those countries. The different varieties of dogs that we are familiar with were not found in that part of the world. The little lap-dog, the terrier, the greyhound, the mastiff, the bull-dog, and the noble Newfoundlander, were all unknown there. The dogs they had were of but one kind, and they were all hungry, half-starved, savage and cowardly, and were more like wolves than dogs.

The Eastern people used to have a very poor opinion of dogs, and so when the prophet Elisha spoke to Hazael, who was soon to be made king of Syria, about the mean and cruel things that he would be sure to