Show I THE MONKEY ATfD THE DOG From the Spectator f Jeremiahs the monkeys greatest and most remarkable feat was stealing I a dog The animal was not a valuable one for i was only a common black I Pariah or village dog but though Jeremiah did not display much taste for canine beauty he was a good judge of canine character for Kalu was the sweetesttempered of slaves and playfellows play-fellows to him When Jeremiah master was moving from one station to another the monkey then quite a young thing was sent to march with the syces and the horses and a new English dogcart I was thought that in the latter Jeremiah might ride as his tender years seemed to unfit him for a long march However he had not gone far before two buttons were twisted off I the cushions a hole bitten in the cloth I and the monkeys little hand busily engaged in drawing out handfuls of the stuffing Jeremiah was therefore condemned to walk and a very weary little monkey dusty and thirsty arrived ar-rived at the end of the long days march And apparently for one can only guess at the processes of an animals ani-mals mindJeremiah thought it over thought and decided it was not good enough He was well and amply supplied with food and the men noticed that he chose a black dog out of the crowds that hung about the camp and offered it part of his evening meal The next day the dog followed the march and the monkey beguiling him within reach of his chain jumped on his bock a proceeding the dog in no > way resented Every day the same thing was repeated and Jeremiah rode the whole of the remaining eighty miles the syces being highly delighted at his sharpness At night Jeremiah fed Kalu with a part of his own supper and slept curled up near his friend The two had a game of play in the mornings morn-ings and as soon as the march began Jeremiah apparently to the perfect satisfaction of the dog mounted his steed as a matter of course I |