Year: 1876

PET MONKEY Oh BOARD SAlf--->une
years ago. Just before the Russian war, there
was on beard her Majesty's ship Bellerophon
an ape, which belonged TO the Captain. Like
al the rest of his tribe, he was very fond OF
mischief, and therefore was kept chained by
the waist to q kennel in which be resided.
This be used to drag about with him on the
main deck, where he was kept, always tax
ing care to hold the chain in one hand 10
keep the strain Of his belt lie was very fond
of sitting before the galley fire, warming
himself sometimes much 10 theincOnvenlence
of the cooks, who, however, were on very
good terms with him in general. He saved
them good deal of trouble at last, for one
day finding the galley quite clear, Jacko tried
his hand at cooking, and very nearly sue
ceeded in producing dish OF boiled monkey


A kettle was fixing away merrlly, and, OF
course Jacko began to examine II With his
hands, and the result was be turned the
boiling water over himself tie was on the
sick list for some time atterward and lost
good deal of hair and some skin. lie could
not bear the sight Of kettle after that, and
the cooks found II ont, 50 when Jacko got IN
the way they used TO show him kettle (iull OF
emptvl this was quite enough to start him
of for an hour or 50. lie nearly came to grlei
once with another experiment. One cold
night be found the oven door open and
though the FIRE was out the oven was warm
Oh, ho thoughtlJacko, here are snug quar-
ters at all events, 50 in he walked unpercelved
and was soon comfortably asleep. BY and
by, the cook came and lighted the fire. and
not knowing there was stranger on The
premises, he shut the oven door. When the
fire grew brisk. most extraordinary noise
emanated from the oven when the door
was opened by the sentry thought
his sable majesty was in it-out jumped
Jacko grinning and chattering at tremend-
ous rate, no doubt feeling unpleasanry hot
lie never tried that sleeping apartment
again After a time he hit upon another
and safer way OF keeping himself warm at
night lie discovered that by standing on
the top rail Of the sheep pens he could reach
the fowl cO0ps which were hung 70 the
beams above them. Up he went,and watch
cd till fowl put its head out between the
bars. JackO at once made a grab, and pull
ed the unfortunate fowl oH by the neck.
Finding the fowl was warm, he dragged his
kennel back to his place before the fire, tax
ing his game with him, and there he slept
all night, with the bird in hi- arms, ike
baby, Next morning, when the lire was
lighted ont he came with his living blanket
He allowed the fowl to walk about, but the
moment it showed signs Of going ont of
reach of his arm he pulled it back again,
and gave it fresh start and so on, till the
fowl was returned to the coop. Alter that
JackO often took fowl to bed with hIH,
and, strange 70 say, he never did them any
harm, though the process Of being dragged
through the bars could not have been pleas
ant for the victim The officers used 10
smoke near the galley, and Jacko was very
fond of getting inside our monkey jackets IN
cold weather. lie was very fond OF smok-
ing, too. but we could not teach him to
| draw the smoke We used 10 put the stem
! of pipe in bis mouth and blow down the
bowl, and he would smack his lips over the
smoke. | am sorry TO say he now and then
got drunk when the grog was being served
out. He was very amusing when IN that
state, bat think the poor fellow had bad
| headache afterward. On the whole, he was
q good-tempered animal, but he had great
! dislike 10 some of the boys, who, no doubt,
| had given him sly blow now and then. by
way of revenge, Jacko used 10 look out un-
| der the ladder when the boys were bringing
| down their hammocks in the evening, and
suddenly rounce upon one Of the hammoeks
| The uulucky owner, knowing that Jacko
could bite, as a rule would tdrOp the ham
mock. and thereupon Jacko would sit on II,
and grin and chatter and jump ill he was
tired, when he would give up possession
without farther trouble. OF course, now
and then he got loose, and then there was
grand hunt. One day he disappeared FOR
some time, and no one knew where he was,
as he kept quite quiet, which was not usual
| " the case. At last one Of the clerks went
into the office, which was under the poop,
and no sooner did he open the door than he
saw Master Jacko going out of the window,
which had been left open, and by which he
had got in. He had been making up the
ships books in his own fashion. The ink
was splashed about all over the place, and
Jacko himself was nearly as black as an
Ethiopian serenader. He did not 90 empty
handed, however, for he took the Articles of
! War in his hand, and, of course, he took
to the rigging Boys, catch monkey
was the boatswain mates pipe, but before
he was captured the Articles OF War were
torn to shreds Fortunately for the disci-
pline of the ship, there were other copies on
board. believe poor Jacko was at last
killed in the attack on Sebastopol' but


eft the ship, 50 cannot be sure about his
end Land and Water.