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a first-class certificate and silver chain and medal for 

 good conduct, was waiting to receive her share of the 

 prizes taken during the time she was in her Majesty's 

 service. 



" Jenny " stood about 2 ft. 4 in. in height. In general 

 appearance she was most like the " pig-tailed " monkey 

 (Macacios nemestrinus), but was at once distinguished 

 from this species by a remarkable arrangement of the 

 hair on the top of the head, which was somewhat of a 

 V-shape and was parted down the middle. The hair 

 itself was very fine, and it was elegantly arranged 

 round the ears. The first impression upon seeing this 

 animal was, that it was intermediate between Macams 

 rhesus and Macacus nemestrinus. The face was by no 

 means fierce ; the features might even be called good- 

 natured. She had been made a great pet by the sailors, 

 the result being that she has been educated to an extra- 

 ordinary degree of cleverness. She was fond of company, 

 and her constant companion was a chicken (a regular ship 

 chicken with hardly any feathers), which lived with her 

 in cage day and night, and accompanied her in her per- 

 ambulations. She walked upright on her hind legs with 

 remarkable facility, and with much less effort than even 

 the performing monkeys as seen in the London streets. 

 When in an erect attitude she would carry things. Thus 

 she would pick up her chicken and run about with it, 

 holding it in her arms as a nurse does her child ; the 

 chicken did not seem to mind this in the least. At the 

 word, " Throw her overboard," " Jenny " threw the chicken 

 smartly away from her. It has been said that monkeys 

 would talk but that they know if they talked they 

 would be made to work. Now the Andamanian " Jenny " 

 formed an exception to the " working " part (only that was 

 very agreeable work) of the story, for when a soda-water 



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