JAVA PONIES. 



none (excepting the pme-apple) attain ex- 

 cellence. 



The little Java ponies excited my attention, 

 but IbediiitiM anitnals emmt mim^mndi 

 fa%uei iu*epttrcktsM£[!m 



dr^lUEui Mty Javn rupees each ; and if expovteil 

 there i^* an ex])ort dtity of nearly two poniids eueli . 

 the residents are ol^iiged to keep several of these 

 ainJiiiftisi. ^ ilii^e ia^ i^hmfs ibiii^ incapable of 

 dtttjr sk^ess. Tim iaiMbese c^id«r 

 that by keeping a species of nionke}- in the 

 stable, the horses will not get sick, and should 

 they hecome indisposed, Jacko possesses powers 

 to cure them ; the more i^uabk the monkey 

 eitiployed fbt»^ piifpdBe» t%& tnott te^ily^ will 

 the horses be cured, or the helter- will they be 

 preserved in health. Tlie Lampons: monkey 

 (brought from the Lanipoiig- Iskinds) is liiobly 

 esteemed for this purpose by the superstitious 

 Javsmesft foir Us ijwalll^es as A ve^tei^aarjr doctor, 



A lad at one residence, wlio had charge of 

 the horses, threateiu'd to leave his master's ser- 

 vice, on some of the horses getting sick, unless 

 a monkey was procured for tlie stable ; one of the 

 Lampotl^ ^d vm cd^ifiequently purchased to 

 mmi xtpon the sick quadruiped^. Bom after 



the monkey had been in attendance, the sick 

 horses began to recover, and in a short time 

 were declared tit for iluty ; thus proving hat- 



