THE STORY OF THE MONKEY. 



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Although these animals are capable of assuming a partially erect position, 

 yet their habitual attitude is on all-fours. Even the most accomplished ape 

 is but a bad walker when he discards the use of his two upper limbs, and 

 trusts for support and progression to the hinder legs only. There are many 

 dogs which can walk, after the manner of two-legged animals, with a firmer 

 step and a more assured demeanor than the apes, although they do not so 

 closely resemble the human figure. 



On account of the structure of the limbs, the term "hand" is given to 

 their extremities; but scarcely w'ith perfect fitness. It must be borne in 



A WHITE-NOSED MONKEY OF LIBERIA. 



min-d that the thumb is not always found on the fore extremities of these 

 animals. In several kinds of monkeys the fore paws are destitute of effective 

 thumbs, and the hand-like grasp is limited to the hinder feet. The so-called 

 hands of the monkey tribes will not bear comparison with those of man. 

 Although the thumb possesses great freedom of motion, and in many species 

 can be opposed to the fingers in a manner resembling the hand of man, yet 

 there is no intellectual power in the monkey hand; none of that character- 

 istic contour which speaks of the glorious human soul so strongly that an 



