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protection and help and places implicit trust in him. 

 It is pleased when the keeper plays with it, forgives 

 him for teasing it, and when it has not seen him 

 for a while, shows great pleasure at his return. 

 It gets to be so devoted to its keeper that it en- 

 tirely forgets its past freedom and becomes almost 

 wholly a domestic animal. It not only becomes 

 attached to people, but also to the domestic animals 

 with which it is brought up. It is no uncommon 

 thing in Paraguay to rear the Cai in companionship 

 with a Dog, which it utilizes as a Horse. When 

 they are separated, it screams ; at the reappearance 

 of the Dog it overwhelms it with caresses. Its love 

 is so great that it is even capable of self-sacrifice, 

 for if its Dog friend becomes engaged in a fight the 

 Cai helps it with great zeal. 



The Cai is entirely different when it is ill-treated. 

 When it thinks itself strong enough, it opposes force 



even tries to make others give in to it, either by 

 caresses or by threats. This retards its learning 

 very much, for it acquires only so much as it deems 

 profitable to itself, such as opening boxes, searching 

 its master's pockets, etc. 



The Apella The Apella or Brown Capuchin (Cebus 

 or Brown apella) is a native of Guiana. Its col- 

 Capuchin. oring varies so much that it is hard to 

 describe. The fur is glossy and some hairs stand 

 straight up over the forehead and on both sides of 

 the head, so as to form a crest. The face and 

 throat are lighter than the body, while the back, tail 

 and legs merge into black. The size of this Monkey 

 is about the same as that of the Cai. 



Schomburgk describes the life of the Apella in the 

 wild state at greater length than other naturalists. 



"Closely concealed behind a tree," he relates, 

 "we awaited the troop of Monkeys. A vanguard 



CAI WEEPER CAPUCHIN^ MONKEYS. - The Irttot ien£l a family of Cai Capuchins -father, mother and child-as seen 



in the open woods of Brazil and Colombia. The sorrowful expression of their faces is clearly shown. "The Weepers" live altogether in the 

 trees, leaving them only for the purpose of obtaining water or to raid grain fields. They feed upon fruits, vegetables and insects. They are 

 very timid but are frequently captured and are often seen in zoological gardens and museums of the United States. {Cebus capucinus.) 



■to force, and tries to bite those who offer it insult. 

 If it fears its opponent, it resorts to dissimulation, 

 and takes revenge as soon as the intended victim is 

 off its guard. * 



The Cai is very fond of good things to eat, and 

 soon becomes an adept at stealing. When caught 

 in the act of theft it cries out with fear, before it is 

 even touched ; but if not detected, it looks very in- 

 nocent and unconcerned. Small articles are hidden 

 in the mouth, when it is disturbed, and are after- 

 wards eaten at leisure. Its covetousness is very 

 great. What it once gets, it does not give up, except 

 to its master, when it happens to like him very much. 

 Besides these qualities, it possesses a high degree of 

 curiosity and destructiveness. 



The Cai is very independent and subjects itself to 

 a higher will than its own with great reluctance. It 



came first, then followed the main body, and a 

 quarter of an hour later the rearguard came into 

 view. I regret to say that I precipitated this latter 

 into disorderly flight by bursting into a laugh at 

 their peculiar antics. The weaker ones complained 

 and whistled, and cast angry glances at the stronger, 

 which bit and cuffed them when they were in their 

 way. The young ones seemed perfectly glued to 

 the backs of their mothers, and made the most pre- 

 cociously wise little faces imaginable, while the elder 

 ones searched every leaf and every little crevice, 

 on their way, for insects, with the utmost gravity. 

 From four to five hundred Monkeys might have hur- 

 ried on through the foliage above us (they travel 

 from tree to tree and do not seem to know any other 

 mode of progression), and they made such ludicrous 

 faces that I could not restrain myself and laughed 



