CHAPTER V. 



Five Little Brown Cousins : Mickie, Nemo, Dodo. Nigger, 

 and McGinty. — Nemo Apologizes to Dodo. 



During the past winter there lived in Central 

 Park a bright, fine little monkey by the name of 

 Mickie. He did not belong to the park, but was 

 merely kept as a guest of the city during the 

 absence of his master in Europe. Mickie is a 

 well-built, robust, good-natured monkey of the 

 Capuchin variety. He does not talk much, ex- 

 cept when he wants food or drink, but he and I 

 are the best of friends, and I frequently go into 

 his cage to have a romp with him and his four 

 little cousins. When I first began to visit the 

 park in the fall of 1891 Mickie showed a dis- 

 position to cultivate my acquaintance, and as it 

 ripened into a friendship day. by day, we found 

 great pleasure in each other's society. As the 

 monkey-house was open to the public at 9 o'clock 

 in the morning, I had to make my calls at sun- 

 rise or thereabouts in order to avoid the visitors 

 who daily throng this building. 



