MAMMALOGY, 



favourite beverage. For awhile he would sit very patiently, and 

 then descending walk up to the table. If still not invited or made 

 welcome, he would perhaps draw a chair to the table and mounting 

 into it gaze round him as if to ascertain the cause of being unno- 

 ticed ; and then resting his hands upon the edge of the table would 

 venture to peep into the tankard, and was indeed delighted when 

 he was allowed to drink the liquor that chanced to be remaining. 

 Sometimes the keepers would intimate that he could not want any ale 

 because he had not brought his mug for it ; this hint was never lost. 

 Jocko would immediately hasten up to a lofty shelf suspended near 

 his hammock, where his half pint handle mug was placed, and re- 

 turning with it in his hand, receive with much expression of pleasure 

 the portion of ale which they thought proper to pour into the mug, 

 holding it steadily by the handle while they poured it in. His 

 fondness for milk has been mentioned : and as a proof of his sagacity : 

 it may be added that he could distinguish the footsteps of a girl, who 

 at an early hour every morning supplied the milk She no sooner 

 began to ascend a lofty winding staircase leading to his apartment, 

 than he would start from his bed ; and hasten to the door w4th a 

 jug in his hand to receive the milk, and if the door happened to be 

 locked inside, as was sometimes the case, he would turn the key in 

 the lock, and open the door with one hand, while with the other he 

 held forth the jug to receive the milk. 



Whilst in the island of Java, (Mr. Abel tells us) the Orang- 

 outang made his residence in a large tamarind tree, forming a bed 

 by intertwining the small branches, and covering them with leaves ; 

 during the day he would lie, (says Mr. Abel) with his head prp- 

 jecting beyond his nest, watching whoever might pass under it, and 



