Ornithological and Other Oddities 



these quaint little animals, which, though Moya's 

 caution with regard to them is quite necessary, 

 are nevertheless very amiable as a whole. A 

 great pet with everybody was the baboon 

 Jenny, who lived in a box on a pole. She 

 was an amiable animal, especially popular with 

 the blue-jackets, who never failed to pass the 

 time of day with her whenever they were on 

 shore at Mombasa ; nor was she without accom- 

 plishments, being able to drink from a bottle in 

 the most skilful manner. She usually treated 

 Tim, my host's dog, with contempt, either 

 seizing him by the hind legs and throwing him 

 over the compound fence, or retiring to her box, 

 where she sat in the most supreme indifference 

 to his frantic efforts to pull her down by the rope 

 attached to her waist. A great friend of Jenny's 

 was a pig, and it was most laughable to see her 

 seize it by the hind leg, rolling over and play- 

 fully biting it till she evoked a suppressed squeal 

 of remonstrance. When tired of play the two 

 creatures would lie down together on the sand, 

 the monkey's head pillowed on the pig's bristly 

 side. 



On the death of Jo, I vowed that the next 

 animal I kept should be one capable of killing 

 a dog in self-defence, if necessary ; and by the 

 kindness of Mr. T. Remington, with whom I 



stayed during my last fortnight at Mombasa, I 



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