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head, so a second piece was given 

 him. He was destined for the 

 Queen's Gardens at Delhi, but, un- 

 fortunately, on his way up he got 

 a chill, and contracted a disease 

 akin to consumption. During his 

 illness he was most carefully at- 

 tended by my brother, who had a 

 little bed made for him, and the 

 doctor came daily to see the little 

 patient, who gratefully acknowl- 

 edged their attentions; but, to their 

 disappointment, he died. The only 

 objection to these monkeys as pets 



is the power they have of howling, or rather whooping, a piercing and somewhat 

 hysterical ' whoop-poo I whoop-poo ! whoop-poo ! ' for several minutes, till fairly 

 exhausted." 



Under the heading of gibbons in general we have already alluded to the wide 

 distance over which the cries of a hoolock kept in the Zoological Gardens at Cal- 

 cutta could be heard. Mr. Blanford, writing of the cries of these animals, observes 

 that " at a distance the sound much resembles a human voice; it is a peculiar 



HOOLOCKS IN A BAMBOO JUNGLE. 



