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mouthful about with its tongue for a moment as if trying 

 to extract what flavour there was, and then push it all 

 oiit between its lips. If the same food was continued, it 

 would set lip a scream and kick about violently, exactly 

 like a baby in a passion. 



After I had had the little Mias about three weeks, I 

 fortunately obtained-a young hare-lip monkey (Macacus 

 cynomolgus), which, though small, was very active, and 

 could feed itself. I placed it in the same box with, the 

 Mias, and they immediately became excellent friends, 

 neither exhibiting the least fear of the other. The little 

 monkey would sit upon the other's stomach, or even on 

 its face, without the least regard to its feelings. While. 

 I was feeding the Mias, the monkey would sit by, picking 

 up all that was spilt, and occasionally putting out its 

 hands to intercept the spoon; and as soon as I had finished 

 would pick off what was left sticking to the Mias' lips, 

 and then pull open its mouth and see if any still remained 

 inside; afterwards lying down on the poor creature's 

 stomach as on a comfortable cushion. The little helpless 

 Mias would submit to all these insults with the most 

 exemplary patience, only too glad to have something warm 

 near it, which it could clasp affectionately in its arms. It 

 sometimes, however, had its revenge; for when the monkey 

 wanted to go away, the Mias would hold on as long as it 

 could by the loose skin of its back or head, or by its tail, 



