MONKEYS. 93 



But among the many anecdotes related of the under- 

 standing of the orang-outang, and other monkeys, some 

 may be classed as under the influence of a higher power 

 of discrimination than mere instinct, and where a pro- 

 cess, as it were, of discussion passed in the sensorium of 

 the animal. As an example of what we mean, we may 

 mention an anecdote of the young red orang, lately 

 exhibited in Edinburgh by Mr Cops, and figured on 

 our second plate. 



Mr Cops one day gave him the half of an orange, 

 a fruit of which he was passionately fond, and 

 laid the other half aside upon the upper shelf of a 

 press out of his reach and sight. Some time after, 

 Mr Cops being reclining upon a sofa with his eyes 

 closed, the orang began to prowl about the room, 

 and showed that, notwithstanding his apparent in- 

 attention, the position of his favourite orange had 

 been narrowly watched. Anxious to see the result, 

 he continued quiet, and feigned sleep. Jocko 

 cautiously approached the sofa, examined as far 

 as he could that his guardian was sound, and mount- 

 ing quietly and expeditiously, finished the remaining 

 half of the orange, carefully concealed the peel in the 

 grate among some paper shavings, and having again 

 examined Mr Cops,, and seeing nothing doubtful in 

 the reality of his sleep, retired confidently to his own 

 couch. Here there must have been a detailed series 

 of impressions during the progress of the action ; 

 but in common with the construction of the brute 



