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a first-class certificate and silver chain and medal for 
good conduct, was waiting to receive her share of the 
prizes taken during the time she was in her Majesty’s 
service. 
“Jenny” stood about 2 ft. 4 in. in height. In general 
appearance she was most like the “pig-tailed” monkey 
{Macacus ncmestrinus) , but was at once distinguished 
from this species by a remarkable arrangement of the 
hair on the top of the head, which was somewhat of a 
V-shape and was parted down the middle. The hair 
itself was very fine, and it was elegantly arranged 
round the ears. The first impression upon seeing this 
animal was, that it was intermediate between Macacns 
rhesus and APacacus ncmestrinus. The face was by no 
means fierce ; the features might even be called good- 
natured. She had been made a great pet by the sailors, 
the result being that she has been educated to an extra- 
ordinary degree of cleverness. She was fond of company, 
and her constant companion was a chicken (a regular ship 
chicken with hardly any feathers), which lived with her 
in cage day and night, and accompanied her in her per- 
ambulations. She walked upright on her hind legs with 
remarkable facility, and with much less effort than even 
the performing monkeys as seen in the London streets. 
When in an erect attitude she would carry things. Thus 
she would pick up her chicken and run about with it, 
holding it in her arms as a nurse does her child ; the 
chicken did not seem to mind this in the least. At the 
word, “ Throw her overboard,” “ Jenny ” threw the chicken 
smartly away from her. It has been said that monkeys 
would talk but that they know if they talked they 
would be made to work. Now the Andamanian “ Jenny ” 
formed an exception to the “ working ” part (only that was 
very agreeable work) of the story, for when a soda-water 
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