190 THE TOWER MENAGERIE. 
affects the flame of a candle. Another proof of the 
connexion of these cavities with the nose is derived from 
the fact that the animals which are provided with them 
frequently apply their orifices, equally with those of the 
nostrils, to the food which they are about to take, open- 
ing and shutting them with great rapidity. 
The subject of the present article, which, like all the 
rest of the minor group of which he forms a part, is a 
native of India and of the Indian Islands, was a present 
to his Majesty, who kept him for some time, in company 
with another of the same species, at large in the great 
park at Windsor. As both, however, happened to be 
males, they disagreed so violently, and their quarrels at 
length rose to such a pitch, that in order to preserve 
peace it was found absolutely necessary to separate 
them; and our animal, as the most outrageous of the 
two, was dismissed the royal service, and condemned to 
the captivity of the Tower. Since this period he has 
become exceedingly tame, the cause of his former ill 
temper being removed, and demeans himself as quietly 
as the most harmless and gentlest of his tribe. 
