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kissed his face in gratitude. The little hero never 

 uttered a sound from the time the knife first 

 touched his face until he was put back into his 

 cage. A similar act of intelligence is recorded of 

 an orang. Having been once bled on account of 

 illness, and not feeling well some time afterward, 

 this orang went from one person to another, and, 

 pointing to the vein in his arm, signified his desire 

 to have the operation repeated. Both of these 

 instances are examples of reason of a very high 

 order — of a higher order, indeed, than many 

 children and some grown people exhibit in similar 

 circumstances. The chimpanzee, Mafuca, learned 

 how to unlock her cage, and stole the key and hid 

 it under her arm for future use. After watching the 

 carpenter boring holes with his brad-awl, she took 

 the brad-awl and bored holes in her table. She 

 poured out milk for herself at meals, and always 

 carefully stopped pouring before the cup ran over. 

 When baboons go on marauding expeditions, 

 they show that they realise perfectly what they 

 are doing by moving with great stealth. Not a 

 sound is uttered. If any thoughtless youngster so 

 far forgets the necessities of the occasion as to utter 

 a single chatter, he is given a reminder in the 

 shape of a box on the ear. * A certain Mr. Cops, 

 who had a young orang, gave it half an orange 

 one day, and put the other half away out of its 

 sight on a high press, and lay down himself on 

 the sofa. But the ape's movements, attracting his 

 attention, he only pretended to go to sleep. The 

 creature came cautiously and satisfied himself that 



