Evening star., 1899-03-04
ANIMALS ATTACHMENTS.
Devoted Monkeys Attempt to RecaD-
ture One of Their Number


From Cassell's Magazine
Edgar Quintet in his journal tells how
one day he went with the naturalist NJ
GeoHrol de ST. Hiaire, to the Jardin des
Plantes: I'm one of the cages were a lion
and lioness together. They were stand
ing up, quite motionless and seemed not
even to see US. Presently the lion lifting
up his great paw, placed it slowly and
softly on the forehead of the lioness. and
both continued in the same attitude as
lcrg as We remained before them. What
was intended by the gesture? A painter
who should have desired to represent calm
grief and the deepest compassion could not
have invented anything more striking.
What does it mean" said 1 to Geoffroi.
Their lion whelp died this morning replied
he. Then l understood what 1 saw-pity.
goodwill, sympathy-all these sentiments
might be read in those fierce counte-
nances."
The following interesting account is ex-
tracted from James Forbes Oriental
Memories" 'One of a shooting party un-
der banyan tree, killed a female monkey
and carried it to his tent. which was soon
surrounded by forty or fifty of the tribe.
who made a great noise and seemed dis
posed to attack their aggressor. They re-
treated when he presented his fowling-
piece, the dreadful effect of which they had
witnessed and appeared perfectly to under
stand. The head of the troop, however,
stood his ground, chattering furiously The
sportsman who, perhaps felt some little
degree of comDunction for having killed one
of the family, did not like to fire at the
creature, and nothing short of firing would
suffice to drive him off. At length he came
to the door of the tent, and finding threats
of no avail, began a lamentable moaning.
and by the most expressive gesture seemed
to beg for the dead body. 1t was given to
!, he fpoIy > ,f,,Jl,
ard bore 1t away to his expecting COM
panions. They who were witnesses of this
scene resolved never again to fire at one of
the monkey race"
But perhaps the most impressive and ex-
traordinary case that has yet come before
us is that of poor Normans dog in the Isle
of Skye. Here 1t is, as told a year or two
ago in the Inverness Courier, one of the
most reliable papers in Scotland:
"A circumstance has just occurred at Por-
tree, Isle of Skye, which may be added to
the many chapters recording the fidelity
and attachment of dogs to their masters.
morning that on the previous night the
dogs had torn open the grave of young
n an who died of fever and was inferred
some weeks previously 1t transpred, how
ever, that the case was not so revolving.
When the young man was buried his dog
followed the funeral to the churchyard, and
was with difficulty removed. 1t returned
again and again to the spot and, unob-
served, had dug into the grave until 1t
reached the coffin. The dog had gnawed
through the coffin when the fact was dis
covered, but the body Of his dead master
was untouched; and there the faithful ami
NAL was found, eagerly looking into the
grave. I doubt says the correspondent,
If there be on record q more striking in
stance of canine attachment, for you must
bear in mind that four or five weeks had
elapsed since the interment. and the church
yard Is six miles from the house where
poor Normans father lives