80 HOWLING MONKEYS. 



and after she had left the tropical fruits far behind, she accepted at once an apple which was 

 offered to her, and ate it without hesitation. 



At Belize, Sally was permitted to range the town at large for some days. One morning, 

 as her master was passing along the streets, he heard high above his head a little croaking 

 sound, which struck him as being very like the voice of his monkey ; and on looking up, there 

 was Sally herself, perched on a balcony, croaking in pleased recognition of her friend below. 



Once, and once only, poor Sally got into a sad scrape. Her master was going into his 

 cabin, and found Sally sitting all bundled together on the door-mat. He spoke to her, and 

 the creature just lifted up her head, looked him in the face, and sank down again in her former 

 listless posture. 



"Come here, Sally," said the captain. 



But Sally would not move. 



The order was repeated once or twice, and without the accustomed obedience. 



Surprised at so unusual a circumstance, her master lifted her by the arms, and then made 

 the shocking discovery that poor Sally was quite tipsy. She was long past the jovial stage of 

 intoxication, and had only just sense enough left to recognize her master. Very ill was Sally 

 that night, and very penitent next day. 



The reason for such a catastrophe was as follows : — 



The officers of the ship had got together a little dinner party, and being very fond of the 

 monkey, had given her such a feed of almonds and raisins, fruits of various kinds, biscuits and 

 olives, as she had not enjoyed for many a day. Now of olives in particular, Sally is very 

 fond, and having eaten largely of these dainties, the salt juice naturally produced an intense 

 thirst. So, when the brandy and water began to make its appearance, Sally pushed her lips 

 into a tumbler, and to the amusement of the officers, drank nearly the whole of its cool but 

 potent contents. 



Her master remonstrated with the officers for permitting the animal to drink this strong 

 liquid ; but there was no necessity for expostulating with the victim. So entirely disgusted 

 was the poor monkey, that she never afterwards could endure the taste or even the smell of 

 brandy. She was so thoroughly out of conceit with the liquid that had wrought her such woe, 

 that even when cherry-brandy was offered to her, the cherries thereof being her special luxury, 

 she would shoot out her tongue, and with just its tip taste the liquid that covered the dainty 

 fruits beneath, but would not venture further. 



She seemed to bear the cold weather tolerably well, and was supplied with plenty of warm 

 clothing which stood her in good stead even off the icy coasts of Newfoundland, where, how- 

 ever, she expressed her dislike of the temperature by constant shivering. In order to guard 

 herself against the excessive cold, she hit upon an ingenious device. There were on board two 

 Newfoundland dogs. They were quite young, and the two used to occupy a domicile which 

 was furnished with plenty of straw. Into this refuge Sally would creep, and putting an arm 

 round each of the puppies and wrapping her tail about them, was happy and warm. 



She was fond of almost all kinds of animals, especially if they were small, but these two 

 puppies were her particular pets. Her affection for them was so great, that she was quite 

 jealous of them, and if any of the men or boys passed nearer the spot than she considered 

 proper, she would come flying out of the little house, and shake her arms at the intruders with 

 a menacing gesture as if she meant to annihilate them. 



A kennel had been built for her special accommodation, but she never would go into it. 

 She is a very nervous animal, and apparently has a great dislike to any kind of covering over 

 her head. So she was accustomed to repudiate her kennel, and to coil herself up in the ham- 

 mock nettings, where she would sleep soundly. She was rather somnolent in character, giving 

 up her eventide gambols soon after dark, and falling into a sound slumber from which she 

 does not awake until quite late in the morning. 



Her color was black, but it is remarkable, that once when she was ill, her jetty coat became 

 interspersed with hairs of a red tint, imparting an unpleasant rusty hue to her furry mantle. 



The next engraving represents an example of the celebrated group of Howling Monkeys, 

 or Alouattes as they are termed by some naturalists, whose strange customs have been so 



