298 SENSITIVENESS. 



either be the pet of the house, or no pet at all. The sense 

 of the temporary absence of a master's love, or of its nsual 

 expression, is shown sometimes by a grief quite as extrava- 

 gant or violent in its manifestations as in the child. On 

 the other hand, the sooty mangabey and other monkeys 

 obviously feel flattered by man's attentions (Cassell). 



Connected with man's neglect is the transfer to other pets 

 of affections that were once exclusively their own. Partiality, 

 real or supposed, of a master or mistress at once begets 

 jealousy, and there is no passion that burns so fiercely in 

 either the animal or human breast, none that leads to more 

 avoidable unhappiness and crime. Horses, dogs, song-birds, 

 elephants and other animals feel all the pangs of rivalry; and, 

 as has been shown in other chapters, this emotion may lead 

 even to death itself directly or indirectly. They suffer also 

 all the tortures of suspense. 



Certain menagerie or other captive animals show a decided 

 dislike for publicity, to being stared or looked at, to being 

 made a show of. Thus the male hog-deer of India is highly 

 nervous in the presence of visitors. When forced out of its 

 house in the London Zoological Gardens it betrays immediate 

 and considerable excitement, dashing c about the enclosure 

 as if frantic, leaping high in the air' (Wood). And such 

 behaviour is not to be wondered at in the case of many 

 animals that, in a state of nature, go forth only at night, or 

 that are naturally solitary and unaccustomed to the disturb- 

 ing sounds and sights of menagerie life. Possibly, in some 

 cases, their sense of personal modesty is shocked, or their 

 love of domestic privacy is violated ; or there is simply an 

 aversion to strangers, depending upon a natural or morbid 

 shyness or coyness. Baboons and other animals resent the 

 intrusion of strangers, jealously guarding the privacy of 

 their homes (Cassell). 



On the other hand, just as is the case with so many chil- 

 dren, the sooty mangabey, and other monkeys, manifest ac- 

 tive delight at the sight of strangers (Cassell), a circumstance 

 based no doubt on the necessity that exists, in other animals 

 as in man, especially in the stage of youth, for novelty and 

 variety of scene and companionship. 



