. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATVRAL UISTOKY. i) to be robbed, but only roots and bulbs to be dug up. Perhaps it is this spare diet wliich restricts their minibers and caurses tliem to be veiy watchful. It is notorious that they are rai'ely approached, but sometimes they are trapped, or seduced into mischief, which ends in eapti^dty. All kinds of stories are told at Gibraltai-, and by most of those who have resided there, of the acts and deeds of the Rock Monkeys. Once upon a time, a .strong party of these A])es, headed by an old male, who had grown grey in
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. NATVRAL UISTOKY. i) to be robbed, but only roots and bulbs to be dug up. Perhaps it is this spare diet wliich restricts their minibers and caurses tliem to be veiy watchful. It is notorious that they are rai'ely approached, but sometimes they are trapped, or seduced into mischief, which ends in eapti^dty. All kinds of stories are told at Gibraltai-, and by most of those who have resided there, of the acts and deeds of the Rock Monkeys. Once upon a time, a .strong party of these A])es, headed by an old male, who had grown grey in audacity and mischief, were always stealing and ruining the belongings of a certain regiment in garrison, and at last the aimoyaiice became .so gi'eat that it was determined to catch the ringleader, if possible. The men caught him, and shaved his head and face, and then they let him go. Away he scampered to hLs party, who had been watching for him at a distance, eager, no doubt, to place himself at their heatl again and lead them to vengeance. He was received with a volley of sticks and stones by Ms own troops, who treated him .so roughly that he had to fly for his life. In this deplorable and degi-aded state, he was fain to sneak back to his old enemies, the —th regiment, and presented himself at their quarters, so woe-begone and with such a niefid visage, " all shaven and shorn," that there was no resisting the appeal. Broderip says: " He was ad- mitted, and remained with Ids new allies, whom he served ivith fidelity, upon the principle that secures the faith of other —because lie couldn't help ; It is said in one of the .stories of the great siege that the Monkeys saved Gibraltar as the Geese saved Rome, for the Spaniards attempted to surprise the place a few weeks before the regular siege commenced ; but, fortunately for the British, the attacking i)arty had to pass where a number of these Magots had collected. Both parties were startled a
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