VII. 



FROLICS IN THE CORRIDOR. 



In the choice of friends my monkey was ca- 

 pricious, and beasts and birds enjoy friendships 

 and feel dislikes as well as man. The family in 

 the corridor at this time, besides the people, con- 

 sisted of another spider monkey, of a disposition 

 so gentle that she was never confined, a baby 

 tiger (or ocelot), a tame deer, a squirrel, a kink- 

 ajou, several parrots, and a young dog. From 

 this queer party, all of whom were at liberty, 

 Madame Gila selected her friends and playmates, 

 the dog, and, strangely enough, the squirrel. Her 

 overtures were well received, and the three be- 

 came intimate associates, enjoying daily frolics, 

 into which no other animal, however playful, 

 ever intruded. 



Nothing could be more comical than the an- 

 tics of this remarkable trio. The clever monkey 

 showed herself almost human in adapting her 

 ways to her playmates. She could play with the 

 dog in dog-fashion, with the squirrel in the 

 squirrel way, and then make the two submit to a 

 monkey frolic. How she reveled in those games ! 

 They were her resource during the long school- 



