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(Dray son). A young soko, 'on being interfered with by a 

 man .... tried to beat him with her hands' (Livingstone). 

 A chimpanzee in the Zoological Gardens of London boxes 

 with its keeper in sport, no doubt. 1 Monkeys in New 

 Guinea shake their fists in defiance (Lawson). The orang 

 beats the ground with its fists when in passion (Yvan). 



The collared callithric monkey rubs its hands in anger 

 (Cassell). Wriiiyiny the hands in certain monkeys, as in 

 man, is an expression of anguish. A young soko ' wrings 

 her hands quite naturally, as if in despair ' (Livingstone). 

 The sacred Durga monkeys of Benares ' hold out their hands 

 for food;' 2 in other words, adopt this means of begging. The 

 chimpanzee uses its hand, as man does, to wave or warn off 

 intruders (Houzeau). A young soko 'holds out her hand 

 for people to lift her up and carry her, quite like a spoiled 

 child' (Livingstone). 



The siamang mother washes her young (Cassell) ; while of 

 the gibbon Duvancel asserts that he has seen the ' mothers 

 carry their young ones to the water and wash their faces ' 

 (Buclmer). The titi monkey washes its hands as man does 

 (Cassell). The chimpanzee washes its own hands and face 

 (Houzeau). A young soko 'wipes her face with a leaf 

 (Livingstone). 



Many monkeys and apes make use of missiles, throwing 

 stones or pieces of rock, fruits or sticks, or other accessible 

 movables. Baboons throw showers of stones (Cassell). The 

 orang-utan uses fruits and branches (Wallace). The Ehesus, 

 coaita, and other monkeys throw . stones in retaliation or 

 otherwise (Cassell). 



Some wield sticks as cudgels or clubs, as weapons of 

 offence or defence for instance, the gorilla and chimpanzee 

 (Cassell). A cebus (monkey) of Belt's, in order to catch 

 ducks, held out a piece of bread with one hand, and when it 

 had tempted one of the birds within reach, seized it with 

 the other, itself swinging meanwhile from a verandah by its 

 chain. An ouapavi (monkey) brushed its own clothes and 

 shoes (Cassell). The monkeys of Darfur (Africa) cling to 



1 < Graphic,' August 28, 1875, p. 199. 



2 Ibid., January 5, 1876, p. 123. 



