III. 



A NAUGHTY CHIMPANZEE. 



Crowley's worst quality was the irresistible 

 propensity to destroy every object he could lay 

 his hands on, including live animals. A dog or 

 cat he would almost instantly tear to pieces ; in 

 fact, the sight of a small animal seemed to put 

 him into a fury. A tiny monkey brought by 

 a lady on her shoulder made him so wild that 

 he acted like a maniac ; he threw handful after 

 handful of sawdust all over his audience ; he 

 shook the bars of his cage with suggestive vio- 

 lence ; he put up his lips like a trumpet and 

 cried " Hoo ! hoo ! " at it ; he tore around the 

 cage in a transport, and lastly he spit at it. 

 This was one of the bad tricks he learned from 

 ill-bred and teasing boys who visited him, and 

 he became so expert that he could reach his 

 mark eight feet away. During the above exhi- 

 bition of temper the unfortunate little creature, 

 a beautiful squirrel monkey six inches long, 

 was out of its senses with fright, chattered, and 

 fairly screamed in terror. 



This lamentable destructive tendency demanded 

 a strong guard-rail before the cage, at the length 



