A TERRIER TERRIFIED BY A MONKEY.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3002, 28 September 1878, Page 1

A TERRIER TERRIFIED BY A MONKEY.

C. F. Crehore, of Boston, sends us an amusing incident, apropos of the subject of fetichismin animals, referred to by Mr Romanes recently in Nature. A brave active, intelligent terrier, belonging, to a lady friend, one day discovered a monkey belonging to an itinerant ocgan grinder, seated upon a bank within the grounds,■ and at once made a dash for him. The monkey, who was attired in jacket and hat, awaited "the onset with such undisturbed, tranquility that the. dog halted within a few feet of him to reconnoitre. Both animals took a long, steady stare atj each "other, but the dog evidently was recovering from his surprise and about to make a spring'for the intruder. At this critical juncture the monkey, who had remained perfectly quiet hitherto, raised his paw and gracefully saluted by lifting his hat. The effect was. magical; the dog's head and tail dropped, and he sneaked off and entered the house, refusing to leave it till he was satisfied that his polite but mysterious guest had depar T ted. His whole demeanor showed plainly that he felt the monkey was something "uncanny " and not to be meddled with. —Nature.