THE CHAMECK. 



she could reach objects which seemed to be far out of her grasp. She is 

 singularly slender in "build, but is much heavier than would be supposed from 

 the apparent dimensions. Before she reached England, I received the following 

 account of her from her owner. Captain Inglefield, R.N. 



On board ship she is not trammeled by chain or rope, but is permitted to range 

 the vessel at her own sweet will. She revels among the rigging, and when she 

 becomes playful, dances about a rope in such a strange manner, and flings her limbs 

 and tail about so fantastically, that the spectators are at a loss to distinguish the 

 arms and legs from the tail. When thus engaged, the name of spider monkey is 

 peculiarly apposite, for she looks just like a great overgrown tarantula in con- 

 vulsions. During these fits of sportiveness, she stops every now and then to 

 shake her head playfully at her friends, and, screwing up her nose into a point, 

 utters, little, short, soft grunts at intervals. She generally becomes vivacious 

 toAvards sunset. 



There is a curious custom in which she is in the habit of indulging. She likes 

 to climb up the rigging until she reaches a horizontal rope, or small spar, and 

 then, hooking just the tip of her tail over it, will hang at full length, slowly 

 swinging backward and forward, while she rubs each arm alternately from the 

 wrist to the elbow, as if she were trying to stroke the hair the wrong way. She 

 always must needs have her tail round somethhig, and, if possible, will not 

 venture a step without securing herself to some object by the means of that long 

 and lithe member. 



Unlike many of her relatives, Avho are inveterate thieves, and with the tips of 

 their tails quietly steal objects from which their attention is apparently turned, 

 Sally is remarkably honest, never having stolen anything but an occasional fruit 

 or cake. She is accustomed to take her dinner at her master's table, and behaves 

 herself with perfect decorum, not even beginning to eat until she has obtained 

 permission, and keeping to her own plate like a civilized being. Her food is 

 mostly composed of vegetables, fruit, and sopped bread, although she occasionally 

 is treated to a chicken bone, and appreciates it highly. 



In the matter of food she is rather fastidious, and if a piece of too stale bread 

 be given to her, smells it suspiciously, throws it on the floor, and contemptuously 

 ignores its existence. With true monkey instinct, she is capable of distinguishing 

 wholesome from harmful food, and, after she had left the tropical fruits far behind, 

 she accepted at once an apple which was offered to her, and ate it without 

 hesitation. 



She was very fond of all wild animals, and made the Newfoundland puppies 

 her particular pets. Shortly after her arrival in England, she was taken to the 

 Zoological Gardens, but did not long survive her change of residence. 



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