Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-09-17
The Andaman Monkey tNTacacus Andama-
mnIiSis).


'rhe discovery in the Andaman Islands oil
new specios OF quadrumina Is very i'm
nortant addition TO our knowledge oil this In
teresting country. One or two species OF
monkeys were known to exist ON the ada
cent Ncobar Islands, the common macque
I'M. synomolgns) being one OF them; but un-
III Captain Brown brought homo the present
individual no monkey was known to exist
on ihe Andaman Islands. One or more spe-
cies of monkeys being found on the Nicobar |
Islands would lead us 10 expect such thing |
highly probable, and had the same species
of monkey been met with, nothing very re- |
markable would have been thought about IL;
but the discovery of species hitherto un-
known upon the islands that nave already
furnished us with man and pig that are
oulte unlike any of the neighboIing apes is a
circumstance deserving particular attention
and affords materials for much speculation
and Investigation. This new and unique
monkey has been presented to the loologl-
cal Society by Captain Brown, R. N, OF her
| Maiestv,s ship Vigilent. 1t dates its Joining
| the ship's company from Fort blair, An9a-
man Islands, in the Gulf oil Bengal, iai' H.
43 N, long. 92.47 e. Id the year leo4; Jen-
nv (for that is her name) is supposed 10 pe
| eiohi or nine years old For the last 1our
years she has t'seryed" on board the slip,
| and and having passed all the dangers oi the
Abyssinian campaign, and discharged Win
n first-class certificate and silver chain ana
mednl for good conduct, is now waiting 10
receive her share of The prizes taken during
thp lime she was in her MajestY's SERVICE
Jenny stands about two feet Tour incnes IN
height. In general appearance sne Is mos.
like the "pig tailed" (Macacns nemesli'nus1
Inv a remarkable arrangement of the hair on
tbe ion of the head, which is somewhat OF a
v shape. and Is parted down the middle
lhn hair itself IS very fine, and Is elegantly
arranged round the ears. The nrsl impress
Sion mon seeing this animal is, that 1t IS IN
termedlate between Macacus rhesus anu MA
cacus nemestIinus. The face Is by no means
fierce the creature even may be called goou-
natured, She has been made great PEI py
fbe sailors. the result is that she has been
educated to an extraordinary degree oil cieV-
erness. She is fond of company, and her
constant companion is . chicken "a regular
shin chicken, with hardly any feathers),
which lives with her in her cage day and
night. and accompanies her in her perambu-
laiions She walks upright on her hind iePs
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 will carry things. Thus,
she will pick up her chicken and run ABOUT
with it, holding it in her arms as nurse
does her child. The chicken does not seem
TO mind this in the least. AT the words,
Uthrow her oyerboard,' Jenny throws the
chicken smartly away from her. 1t has been
said that monkeys would talk, but that tney
know that if they talked they would be
made to work. Now the Andamanian Jen,
ny forms an exception to the working
part (only that Is very agreeable work) OF
the story, for il soda-water bottle IS gwen
IN her she will sci TO work to untwist the
wire. This done, she will get out the cork,
il il be not loo tightly fixed, and then drinks
the contents of the bottle. Her altitude 10
drinking is something quite new. She slts
down on her launches, holds the bottle
with both hands, and tits the end OF IL uI
with her hind fool, so that the LIQUID shai
flow at the proper level into her mouth, II
this attitude her appearance is most conilTa I1,l
and at the same time most interesting. inc
most extraordinary part of Jenny's perform
4 ances is that she smokes pipe. Most mon
keys will carry pipe in their mouths ant
pretend 10 smoke, but this Is the frst mon
kew that we have ever known actually Il
smoke lighted tobacco out al pipe. MOS
8 monkeys will drink grog, but Jenny Is espe
y cially fond of 1t, and she always taxes ne
u glass with her pipe, which she enjoys gun
u as much as Forecaslle Jack aitef ne mas peei
u reefng topsails. Our friend Mr. bueRian
+, has called 10 see denhyi lhc ia,i ~ i,
Il an, devoid of sbyness, repaid the compl
u ments this gentleman offered her IN monke
o language by snatching half.smoked ilghte
G cigarette out of his mouth, and did him III
" honor to finish it, throwing away the en-
a when it threatenened to burn her lips. III
Andaman natives are said to be the most d.
'e graded of human beings. If Jenny IS a
a, average sample of the monkeys, we Woul
ID sooner be monkey than a man II natui
n had cast our lot in the far distant Andama
G. Islands. Land and Water.