6 Animal Life 
is possible to win their confidence until you can get within a few yards of them, as I 
have done in two instances, but the feat involves much time and patience, and it is still 
a matter of doubt, whether or not, they would ever submit to being caressed by a man. 
They are, by nature, timid and alert. A man going through the forest may often hear 
them but rarely sees one. In passing, by canoe, along the water-ways, it is not so 
difficult to see them. It is a common thing to see two or three at a time perched in the 
top of a palm or some other tree, eating the fruit. The canoe being so silent in its 
approach does not give them much alarm, but if you raise a stick or a gun they dash 
away hke so many ghosts. I regret that people will molest these harmless creatures, but 
that cruel instinct of man which prompts him to take life so freely causes other animals 
to shun him. 
Among the specimens that I have recently had at my disposal is a mona. 
As the name of her species is a very pretty one and also feminine, I gave that 
to her as a cognomen. She was a timid creature, with rich brown eyes which looked 
so innocent and demure that no one would suspect little Mona of doing anything bad. 
Like others of her sex she had a soft sweet voice and a gentle manner which won 
their way to every heart; but in truth she was as naughty as she was winning. 
This type of monkey is rather pretty in colour, delicate in form and graceful in 
action. To see Mona catch insects on 
the wing was a real pleasure. Nothing 
else ever inspired in her such activity, 
and no athlete could rival her skill in 
leaping and vaulting after them. If a 
fly, bug, beetle or moth came within 
reach of her it rarely escaped. Frequently 
she would spring two or three feet and 
catch it as it flew. 
Her eyes were so quick and her 
aim so accurate that often im the midst 
of her play she would snatch some flying 
creature and resume her play as though 
she had not stopped. 
One of the most ingenious things 
Mona used to do was baiting flies. After 
eating a banana she would rub the inner 
side of the rind on a certain spot on 
the floor or some smooth surface and 
hide the rind used for this. She would 
then seat herself and wait for the flies 
to collect about the bait which she had 
prepared for them. As soon as one was 
engaged in eating the bait, she would 
sweep out her little black hand and 
snatch it. She rarely missed one, and 
two or three times a day she would 
arrange a fresh bait for them. It was 
a clever method of catching them and 
was her own scheme, as the gentle- 
man who had reared her assured me 
that she had never been taught to 
WAX 
From a Photograph. 
A STROLL IN THE JUNGLE—PROFESSOR GARNER. 
MOSES, AND NATIVE BOY. 
Moses was Professor Garnev’s first Chimpanzee pet; he always : 
accompanied the Naturalist on his excursions in the jungle. do it. 
