INSTINCT AND REASON IN DOGS, ETC. 247 



The father of the infant was a sensible as well 

 as an affectionate man, — the two things really 

 went together, — and he did his best to prevent 

 the nonsense-talking ^^ Gamps" from screaming; 

 but, try to hush them as he might, the child having 

 benefited by the . decidedly fresh air, heard, or 

 thought that it heard, its nurse's voice, and, being 

 hungry, cried for food. 



Not a word had been said to the monkey, and 

 no attempt made to approach her, for the head of 

 the house was full of apprehension lest they should 

 make the monkey drop the child in obedience to a 

 call, or accidentally let it down in carrying it 

 away to some more inaccessible place. 



Well, the baby cried for food, and the monkey 

 knew by ^^ reason" what the baby cried for; 

 ^^ instinct" then suggested that, the mouth being 

 open, something should be put in it, so the monkey 

 sedulously scraped all the moss, soot, and snap- 

 dragon growth that was on the roof of the house, 

 into a wad, and most kindly and assiduously stuffed 

 it into the baby's mouth, tasting it herself first 

 to see that it was good. What the monkey thought 

 of the taste of this food, no one was near enough 

 to tell, but she gave it all to the child. Here was 



