The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-06-23
PETS AT SEA.

We had on board the Royal Ade-
laido very clever fox terrier.
Rather one day accompanied his
master to the other side OF Plymouth
Sound involving n long journey
through the town of Plymouth and
passage across steam ferry. Rife
practice was going on on the other
side, and Rattlcr, being gun shy, de-
serted his master; but hc arrived on
board the Royal Adelaide by the
dinner boat, the only passenger In IL.
l have often wondered whether he
made friends with tho captain OF the
little steamboat, or whether he took
the bull by the horns and swan
across the Cattewatcr i'm his anxiety
to get back TO the ship.
Still more remarkable. were the
habits OF n dog on board II. M. =.
Pearl, In China some years ago. The
ship was lying In n river, and Mrs.
Pearl ms she was called was In the
habit OF landing frequently. II she
was too late for the officers boat she
used to take II sampan, barking furi-
ously to intimate that she wished to
be taken off to the ship. The quick
witted Chinese boatmen always
brought her of without having pre-
viously paid her fare. On one me-
morable occasion she surpassed her.
self. The officers heard tremend-
Gus barking I'm the screw well, and on
the cover being removed there was
Mrs. Pearl seated on the frame
beneath, asking to be let In. For
some reason she had chosen TO swim
off to the ship.
Sheep often get very tame when
brought on board ship for the table.
We had one I'm the Southern Cross.
He became such favorite that
Bishop Selwyn would not allow him
TO be killed, and he survived the
cruise and was brought up to the
headquarters OF the mission, and
looked upon as friend. We had y
sheep OF most pugnacious character
on board n. NJ. $. Shannon. The
captain had couple OF fine spaniels
on board but Billy seemed TO think
n little brush with Dash and Stella a
very good Joke; but ] am afraid that
the two dogs eventually turned the
tables upon him by scrunching his
bones.
During one Of the commissions OF
III. VI. s. Satellite they had tame
bear. Bruin on one occasion, during
an evolution, climbed up into tho
rigging. This led to n signal from
the admiral, you have n man in
your rigging" TO which the only
reply was, 1T is not man, it is u
bear
Dogs, by the way, are fond Of at
tending the daily prayers on the
quarterback, and i'm general they
behave so well that in my capacity
as chaplain ] have quite ceased to be
disconnected by their presence. In
deed, we had "a rough black and tan
terrier at home who, IL he was at
hand when my father read family
prayers, would invariably get up and
bark when the last Amen was reached.
But OF all animals that ever find
place on board ship the monkey
reigns supreme. There was monkey
on board one Of Her Majesty's ships
stationed on the west coast OF Africa
who out-heroded Herod himself i'm
the crimes he used TO commit! It's
said that on one occasion, when u
foreign officer OF high rank came on
board TO pay visit Of courtesy, Mr..
Jacko stretching out n long hairy
arm from some convenient point Of
vantage, whipped of the visitors
cooked hat, and made away with IL
TO some inaccessible point in the
rigging, when the offender, rather
than be baffled Of his prey, whisked
the stolen finery into the - Boys
Own Paper.