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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. 
At Belize, Sally was permitted to range the town at large for some days. One 
morning, as her master was passing along the streets, he heard igh above his head 
a little croaking sound, which struck him as being very like the voice of his monkey ; 
and on looking up, there was Sally herself, perched on a balcony, croaking in pleased 
recognition of her friend below. 
Once, and once only, poor Sally got into a sad scrape. Her master was going into 
his cabin, and found Sally sitting all bundled together on the door-mat. He spoke 
to her, and the creature just lifted up her head, looked him in the face, and sank 
down again in her former listless posture. 
“ Come here, Sally ;” said the captain. 
But Sally would not move. 
The order was repeated once or twice, and without the accustomed obedience. 
Surprised at so unusual a circumstance, her master lifted her by the arms, and 
then made the shocking discovery that poor Sally was quite tipsy. She was long 
past the jovial stage of intoxication, and had only just sense enough left to recognise 
her master. Very ill was Sally that night, and yery penitent next day. 
The reason for such a catastrophe was as follows :— 
The officers of the ship had got together a little dinner-party, and being very 
fond of the monkey, had given her such a feed of almonds and raisins, fruits of various 
kinds, biscuits and olives, as she had not enjoyed for many a day. Now of olives in 
particular, Sally is very fond, and having eaten largely of these dainties, the salt juice 
naturally produced an intense thirst. So, when the brandy and water began to make 
its appearance, Sally pushed her lips into a tumbler, and to the amusement of the 
officers, drank nearly the whole of its cool but potent contents. 
Her master remonstrated with the officers for permitting the animal to drink this 
strong liquid; but there was no necessity for expostulating with the victim. So entirely 
disgusted was the poor monkey, that she never afterwards could endure the taste or 
even the smell of brandy. She was so thoroughly out of conceit with the liquid 
that had wrought her such woe, that even when cherry-brandy was offered to her, 
the cherries thereof being her special luxury, she would shoot out her tongue, and 
with just its tip taste the liquid that covered the dainty fruits beneath, but would 
not venture further. 
She seemed to bear the cold weather tolerably well, and was supplied with plenty 
of warm clothing which stood her in good stead even off the icy coasts of Newfoundland, 
where, however, she expressed her dislike of the temperature by constant shivering. 
In order to guard herself against the excessive cold, she hit wpon an ingenious device. 
There were on board two Newfoundland dogs. They were quite young, and the two 
used to occupy a domicile which was furnished with plenty of straw. Into this refuge 
Sally would creep, and putting an arm round each of the puppies and wrapping her 
tail about them, was happy and warm. 
She was fond of almost all kinds of animals, especially if they were small, but 
these two puppies were her particular pets. Her affection for them was so great, 
that she was quite jealous of them, and if any of the men or boys passed nearer the 
spot than she considered proper, she would come flying out of the little house, and shake 
her arms at the intruders with a menacing gesture as if she meant to bite them. 
A kennel had been built for her special accommodation, but she never would go into it. 
She is a very nervous animal, and apparently has a great dislike to any kind of covering 
over her head. So she was accustomed to repudiate her kennel, and to coil herself up in 
the hammock nettings, where she would sleep soundly. She is rather somnolent in 
character, giving up her eventide gambols soon after dark, and falling into a sound 
slumber from which she does not awake until quite late in the morning. 
She has now been in the possession of her present owner some three years, and pro- 
bably is not more than four or five years of age, to judge by her teeth; though from her 
old-fashioned, wrinkled face, she might be a century old. Her colour is black, but it is 
