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wetted it, and was diligently rubbing the table all over with it, when 

 he was caught in the act. On the entrance of the servants, he 

 immediately retreated to his basket in the corner, and tried to look 

 as though nothing had happened. A great treat to this would-be 

 kitchen-maid was to have a large bowl of warm water given him. 

 He would first of all cunningly test the temperature with his hand, 

 and then gradually step into the bath, first one foot and then the 

 other, finally completely sitting down in it. Comfortably placed, 

 he would then take the soap in his hands or feet, as the case might 

 be, and rub himself all over. Having made a dreadful mess on the 

 table, and finding the water becoming cold, the next part of the 

 play was to get out and run as quickly as he could to the fire, where 

 his coat soon became dry. If anybody laughed at him during this 

 performance, he would chatter and grin at them, and frequently 

 even splash water out of the bath towards and sometimes over them." 



This is one of the many interesting episodes connected with 

 Buckland 's Monkey, Jacko, which was his constant friend and com- 

 panion. He took the pet up to Oxford with him, and it there nearly 

 caused Buckland a disaster, for on the day of an examination he 

 found, to his horror, that Jacko had torn his notes into a thousand 

 pieces. "Jacko," exclaimed Buckland, "we are both ruined!" and 

 Jacko did not seem to mind in the least — but fortunately for both of 

 them the naturalist's prognostications were not realized, for the tutor 

 was satisfied with his pupil's explanation as to how he came to 

 present his notes in fragments. "So great was my glee," Buckland 

 says, "that I had mercy on Jacko, and did not shake him well — the 

 greatest punishment I could inflict on him — but merely shut him up in 

 his bag, and for three hours hung him up for penance on a hat-peg." 



LEMURS. — Closely allied to the Monkeys, and a really delightful 

 pet, the Ring-Tailed Lemur is deserving of notice here. That the 

 animal is well named may be ascertained by a reference to Fig. 37, 

 in which the beautifully ringed tail is nicely shown, as well as the 

 pretty face. Lemurs are a sort of connecting-link between the 

 Monkeys and the genuine quadrupeds, and these interesting 

 creatures are not found away from Madagascar and the adjacent 

 Comoro Islands. They are nocturnal in their habits, and the English 

 name is derived from the Latin lemure, a ghost. 



These are engaging pets, active in disposition, but less intelligent 

 than the creatures last under consideration. Sometimes they are 

 referred to as Madagascar Cats, and the appellation is not at all 



