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show her temper ; and when the little blind girl first 

 attempted to put her hands on her, Nellie did not 

 like it at all. I stroked the child s hair and cheeks 

 with my own hand first, and then with Nellie s; she 

 looked up at me in an inquiring manner, and uttered 

 one of those soft, flute-like sounds a few times, and 

 then began to pull at the cheeks and ears of the 

 child. Within a few moments they were like old 

 friends and playmates, and for nearly an hour they 

 afforded each other great pleasure, at the end of which 

 time they separated with reluctance. The little 

 Simian acted as if she was conscious of the sad 

 affliction of the child, but seemed at perfect ease with 

 her, although she would decline the tenderest approach 

 of others. She would look at the child s eyes, which 

 were not disfigured, but lacked expression, and then 

 look up to me as if to indicate that she was aware 

 that the child was blind. l 



This touching story may well stand as a typical 

 case, supplying evidence of intelligence manifested by 

 monkeys, and also by apes, in co-operation with man 

 and under influence of his training. 2 The difficulties 

 of training the monkey are many, caused largely by 

 its restlessness of disposition, along with the heritage 

 which comes to it from ages of wild life. In all such 

 cases, large value must be assigned to the law of 

 heredity. Under this law, the disadvantages for wild 

 animals have been many, as advantages in the history 

 of the domesticated animals have been great, and 

 cumulative in effect. If, however, we consider such 



1 The Speech of Monkeys,\)y R. L. Garner, p. 83. 



2 As to Intelligence of the Ape, see delations of Mind and Brain 

 p. 252. 



