42 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 



apart, from the rest of the animal creation. The 

 achievements of the nineteenth century are great; so 

 also is its conceit. 



The study of the apes and monkeys, on account of 

 undoubted physical and mental resemblances to man, 

 is naturally of the greatest interest. Accordingly, a 

 communication from Mr Clement on a monkey he had 

 kept under observation was welcomed by the Associa- 

 tion. This creature's curiosity, observing powers, 

 retentiveness of memory, and confidence in his owner, 

 in contrast with a shyness towards strangers, were 

 pronounced. His power of imitation, it was thought, 

 had much to do with his mental progress. The 

 superiority of this monkey, as in other cases, was 

 evidenced by his capacity for education. As Mr 

 Clement well observed, there was much in the crea- 

 ture's behaviour that suggested the child. The Presi- 

 dent had, in the case of this individual, verified 

 Darwin's statement that monkeys have an instinctive 

 fear of snakes. When this animal was offered a dead 

 snake in a paper bag, he cautiously peeped in and then 

 ran away in terror, nor could he be induced to go near 

 the bag again. I may mention, incidentally, that there 

 is now, in Central Park Menagerie, New York, a 

 remarkable chimpanzee, of an intelligent expression of 

 countenance so human-like as to be positively startling. 

 If now he could but stumble on speech, what then ? 

 It seems not unlikely that the superiority of the 

 monkey's brain over that of other animals may be 

 owing in part to the use of the fore-limb as a hand. 

 It has even been suggested that the greater brain- 

 weight of man, compared with that of woman, may, in 

 part, be the result of his more pronounced muscular 

 development. 



We have endeavoured to throw some light upon the 

 question as to whether any animals have a special 



