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mistake. The herders of the Transvaal often leave their 

 flocks in charge of the dogs, and upon their return to 

 the pasture perceive at once if anything is wrong, if a 

 sheep has been crippled, etc., for at the sight of his 

 master the responsible dog will break out into a howl 

 of abject terror. But the most curious instance of the 

 power of conscience in animals is recorded by Profes- 

 sor Schomburgk in a communication to the Bilder ans 

 dem Thierleben. He had taken charge of the zoo- 

 logical department of the Adelaide City Park, and 

 was almost nonplussed by the inveterate mischievous- 

 ness of a female bhunder-monkey. In solitary con- 

 finement she would alarm the neighborhood with her 

 piercing shrieks; but the name of the happy-family cage 

 became a misnomer whenever she was restored to the 

 companionship of her relatives. Not content with teas- 

 ing the young macaques, she would aggravate the old 

 ones in every possible way, and had a dreadful talent 

 for raising a general row ; but thus far her offences had 

 always been condoned by the intercession of her old 

 keeper. One evening, however, this same keeper ap- 

 peared with his arm in a sling and stated that the 

 bhunder had tried to bite his hand off. His arm was 

 dreadfully mangled, and the laceration of the wrist- 

 sinews made it doubtful if the man would ever regain 

 the full use of his hand. Schomburgk at once ordered 

 the bhunder to be shot. Early the next morning one 

 of the assistant keepers loaded a shot-gun to execute 



