III. 



THE HALF-MONKEY. 

 I. KOKO. 



Many a strange little beast from far-off quar- 

 ters of the globe may be picked up in New York, 

 in places where sailors are wont to dispose of 

 their pets. In such a place I found and bought 

 a rare and interesting animal, a black-headed 

 lemur, or Lemur brunneus, native of Madagas- 

 car. He was a member of my household for 

 nearly a year, and during that time the family 

 circle was never dull. The whole of Barnum's 

 menagerie next door could not have afforded 

 more entertainment than did this one droll little 

 fellow. 



He was about the size of a small cat, or, to be 

 exact, from the tip of his pointed nose to the 

 root of the tail he measured sixteen inches ; of 

 that length, three inches were face and thirteen 

 body and neck. His girth back of the fore legs 

 was nine inches. 



The manners of the little stranger were ex- 

 tremely odd. His home was the cage in the 

 parlor already described, where he was generally 



