Animal Anecdotes 
of them flew down and gaye the dog a peck at 
the end of his tail. Only one result could follow 
such a movement. The dog turned sharply 
round to see who was taking such a liberty with 
him, and the other crow at once pounced on the 
bone and bore it away. 
SO 
Ty “A Sportswoman in India” Miss Savory writes 
The Audacity @otertainingly of the monkeys in 
of Monkeys. the foot-hills of the Himalayas. 
“For cool im- 
pudence and 
audacity,’ she 
says, ‘‘these hill- 
monkeys stand 
unrivalled; they 
slip into the bung- 
alows and carry off 
anything from the 
table if the room 
is empty. They 
spring from tree to 
tree, from house to 
house—a mother, 
it may be, with two 
young ones cling- 
ing to her, a loaf of 
bread in one hand 
and a bunch of 
bananas in her 
mouth, which she 
had just ‘sneaked ’ 
from a dining- 
room.” 
We 
THE same writer 
Better Continues : 
than a “ We met 
Fence. an Einglish- 
man who was 
trying to protect 
his sugar-cane 
patch with a great 
trench and a pali- 
sade covered with 
nails. All to no 
purpose. He walked down to it one morning, 
and found a row of monkeys seated on the 
palisade. The moment he came within reach 
they threw his own sugar-cane into his face, 
after which they got down and strolled away, 
leisurely munching. Such things were not to 
be borne. Our friend chased a flock into a 
tree, felled the trec, and caught four or five 
“They rushed off into the fond and welcoming arms, and were 
instantly carried up into the woods.” 
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young monkeys. The parents waited near, in 
great consternation, anxiously watching while 
their infants were painted from head to foot 
with treacle and tartar emetic. On being 
allowed to go, they rushed off into the fond and 
welcoming arms, and were instantly carried up 
into the woods, and there assiduously licked 
clean from top to toe by their affectionate 
parents. ‘The natural effects followed, and the 
pitiable condition of the old monkeys can 
scarcely be 
imagined. That 
patch of  sugar- 
cane was never 
rifled again.” 
ie 
A PARROT, who 
used to be 
Parrot kept in the 
Story. nursery 
and evinced much 
interest in the chil- 
dren — especially 
the baby—was one 
day removed to the 
kitchen. He had 
only been in his 
new quarters a 
short time when a 
loud ery, “Oh, dear, 
the baby! the 
baby!” was heard 
in the basement. 
Rushing to the 
scene of the 
disturbance, the 
servants found the 
parrot wild with 
exvitement over a 
sucking-pig, which 
was roasting in 
front of the fire. 
we 
Asrray kitten that 
used to sleep part 
of the day with two 
pet rabbits appeared to be very much at home 
Guarded Her With them. One evening the 
Friends. rabbits got out of their hutch 
and ran about the garden. Shortly afterwards 
the kitten was found crouching on the ground with 
her paw on a rabbit’s back and closely watching 
the other, which was in a corner, thus preventing 
them from escaping from the garden. 
