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This love of change, again, is closely related to love of 

 excitement and amusement. The titi monkey requires as con- 

 stant amusement as the human child does, becoming restless, 

 mischievous, troublesome otherwise (Cassell). Other monkeys 

 tire as readily and rapidly as a child does of toys, show the 

 same kind of fickleness in their amusements (Baird). 



Various animals, especially those accustomed to the society 

 of refined, cultured man, appreciate highly his courtesy or 

 politeness, respect or deference. They thoroughly understand 

 these sentiments, as expressed by his tone of voice, manner, 

 look, behaviour. Thus the manner in which man declines or 

 accepts an animal's thank or peace-offering, the mode in which 

 he himself bestows a favour or attention of any other land, the 

 way in which he meets his dog's efforts at reconciliation all 

 simple little niceties of politeness tell at once on the keen 

 feelings of the observant animal. They appreciate even the 

 semblance of courtesy, as expressed, for instance, in man's 

 practical jokes, and they illustrate it themselves on the 

 stage. 



Man may wound or gratify he may make an enemy or a 

 friend for life, by some small difference of look or tone. This 

 appears more evidently, however, from the effects of man's 

 temper on his animal pets, especially of his anger and of 

 anger conveyed merely in a word. In different animals 

 dogs for the most part an angry word from a loved and 

 respected master has produced the following results among 

 others : 



1. Convulsions, fatal or not. 



2. Desertion of home, frequently permanent. 



3. Loss of all esteem and affection for their master. 

 Berkeley says of certain of his pet dogs : ' If I give these 



dogs a hastily angered word in my room, though they have 

 never been beaten, they will, with an expression of the most 

 dejected sorrow, go into a corner behind some chair, sofa, or 

 table, and lie there ' till told they are forgiven (Wood) . Here 

 apparently the fault is entirely one of temper on the master's 

 part : the poor dogs have committed no misdemeanour, yet 

 are led to believe that they must have done so, or at least 

 that they have incurred their lord's displeasure. 



