Le Panama et le canal de retour, andclasps . er ses deux à l'avant-i)aws sur son cou. Le plus monkeysare ces insoumis J'ha-e jamais rencontré, pour tous les wecould^ l'art de la NMETI les apprivoiser. Tt est une matterto tirer sur l'un d'entre eux de façon à le prendre ; car si elle s'empare ?avec ses griffes et la queue, il ne tombera pas tant que l'un breathof vie demeure. Ce même capitaine Dampier est beaucoup intéressé inanother Panama curieux animal. La Spanish découvrez-ers l'appelait l'armadillo, parce que c'était le protégé par une épaisse enveloppe de transmission, comme un costume d'armure Armadillo. C'est une petite créature drôle thatlooks li

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Panama and the canal . er back, andclasps its two fore-i)aws about her neck. These monkeysare the most sullen I ha-e ever met with, for all tlie art wecould use would neer tame them. Tt is a hard matterto shoot one of them so as to take it; for if it gets hold?with its claws or tail, it will not fall so long as one breathof life remains. This same Captain Dampier was much interested inanother curious Panama animal. The Spanish discover-ers called it the armadillo, because it was The protected by a thick-jointed shell, like a suit Armadillo of armor. It is a funny little creature thatlooks like an opossum with a shell on its back. Dampierdescribes it as about the size of a small sucking pig, —the body of it pretty long. This creature, he said, is enclosed in a thick shell, which guards all its back, and comes down on bcjth sides, and meets under the belly, leaing room for the fourlegs; the head is small, with a nose like a pig, a prettylong neck, and can put out its head before its body 64 A SNAKE KILLER. when it walks; but on any danger he puts it in underthe shell; and drawing in his feet, he lies stock-still likea land turtle. And though you toss him about he will not move himself.The shell is jointedin the middle ofthe back; so thathe can turn thefore-part of his bodyabout which way hepleases. The feetare like those of aland turtle, and hehas strong clawswherewith he digs holes in the ground like a coney. According to an old Mexican legend, the armadillo wassent in direct answer to the prayers of the devout peoplewho long ago resided in a part of Mexico which was badlyinfested with venomous snakes. The inhabitants so be-seeched the Almighty for relief that suddenly all the ser-pents seemed to have vanished from the earth. In goingabout the region once so badly plagued the natives couldfind no more opossums, but instead an animal that seemedto be one, except that on its back was a shell. This wasits armor which brought immunity from the bite of a snake, and thenc

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