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RECREATION. 



by 6 men in 7 days. It included a monster 

 sheepshead, which was caught the last 

 day, by the kid and musician of the 

 party, who was out alone, and thought he 

 had caught a silver bass. His chest 

 swelled high, but he quickly collapsed on 



being told it was only a sheepshead and 

 unfit to eat. It weighed n^ pounds. 



We were sorry when our vacation ended. 

 We hope to take another soon, and 

 we know of no better camping grounds 

 than the shores of Hamlin lake, Michigan. 



A SMALL PHILIPPINO. 



MARY K. BRADFORD. 



Nearly every regiment returning from 

 the islands of the sea brings with it small 

 pets which are made much of for a time, 

 and if found too mischievous, are finally 

 sent to some zoo, where they can spend 

 their lives in giving amusement to the hun- 

 dreds of daily visitors which throng such 

 places, without being a care to those who 

 transported them from their far away 

 homes. 



Such a pet is a tiny monkey brought re- 

 cently from the Philippines, and naturally 

 called Aguinaldo. His 'tail has all but gone 

 in some of his wild escapades, but its loss 

 seems not to embarrass him in the least, 

 for he scampers around in a huge cage with 

 his new friends on the best of terms. When 

 he came, he was dressed in a cotton skirt 

 with a waist having a loose, full front, 

 made for him by some ingenious boy on 

 that long voyage home. The skirt he did 

 not mind, but the waist troubled him and 

 every few minutes he would pull it down 

 so it would not bag in front, thus giving 

 him a curious, long-drawn-out vappearance. 

 When he ate, the sleeves seemed in his way, 

 so each time he carefully rolled them up 

 above his elbows. 



Some monkeys stow away nuts and other 

 food in their cheek pouches until a conven- 

 ient season comes for eating such delica- 

 cies. Aguinaldo's keeper one day noticed 

 that the little fellow had a swollen face, 

 and on investigation it was found that a 

 large nut had been forced into his pouch 

 and could not be gotten out. The only 

 way to remove it was by cutting through 

 the monkey's under jaw from the outside. 

 This was done without much trouble, and 3 

 or 4 stitches were taken, that the place 

 might heal more quickly. The next day it 

 was found that Aguinaldo had pulled out 

 the stitches, but the keeper, not wishing to 

 hurt the little fellow any more than neces- 

 sary, let him go on with his play. Several 



days later, Aguinaldo was noticed filling 

 his mouth with nuts, and, much to the 

 amazement of spectators, was picking them 

 one by one out of the hole in his neck ! 

 This seemed to afford him entertainment 

 by the hour. Finally tiring of nuts, he 

 took long straws and bits of string and 

 pulled their whole length through this new 

 hole that he had discovered ! Here was 



OTHER MONKEYS COULD NO'T DO THIS. 



something the other monkeys could not do, 

 and for hours he would sit quietly in a 

 corner as interested as any child in a new 

 toy, playing in this strange fashion. 



Aguinaldo is a real monkey, and this is a 

 true story ; but the hole in his cheek was 

 sewed up again by his keeper, who put him 

 in a clean cage without straw, and fed him 

 on soft food, so that now his cheek has 

 healed, and he will have to find other 

 amusement for his funny little brain. 



