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with her; and if she left her bedroom window open she 

 was awakened by a committee of Hanumans taking an 

 inventory of her wardrobe. One day she left the gar- 

 dener's dinner under a tree where he used to take his 

 siesta, but, returning with a dessert of German dough- 

 nuts, she was just in time to see a troop of Rhesus 

 baboons running off with the dishes and bottles. 



From the moment that a young monkey is weaned he 

 has to steal, for Dr. Brehm's observation applies strictly 

 and literally to every species of quadrumana : the 

 mother-monkey robs her own child, and forces it to eat 

 its food by stealth. The proprietor of the " Zoological 

 Coffee-Garden," in Savannah, Georgia, has been very suc- 

 cessful in rearing young monkeys, and the visitors of 

 his happy-family department can witness the same scene 

 thrice a day, a number of half-grown capuchin babies 

 fleeing from the wrath of their own parents. As soon 

 as the dinner-bucket is brought in, the youngsters hide 

 in the corner and watch their opportunity, for while 

 their seniors are feeding there is no hope of a crumb or 

 a drop of milk; but sooner or later the old ones are sure 

 to fall out, and during a general scrimmage for a tidbit 

 the children sometimes get a chance at the bucket, and 

 take care to make the best of it. But woe unto them 

 if their progenitors catch them in flagranti! Sires, 

 mothers, and aunts combine to avenge the sacrilege, 

 and the noise of the punishment often sets the whole 

 menagerie agog. I have seen a she-macaque jamming 



