28 APES AND MONKEYS 



kissing it with great force, prolonging the sound. This 

 imitation, however, is indifferent, but the quality of the 

 sound is especially noticeable when analyzed on the phono- 

 graph. The pitch corresponds to the highest "F" sharp 

 on a piano, while the word "drink" is about two octaves 

 lower, and the word " food " is nearly three. 



On one occasion I visited the Zoological Garden in Cin- 

 cinnati, where I found in a cage a small Capuchin to whom 

 I gave the name Banquo. It was near night and the visi- 

 tors had left the house. The little monkey, worried out 

 by the annoyance of visitors, sat quietly in the back of 

 his cage, as though glad that another day was done. I 

 approached the cage and uttered the sound which I have 

 translated "drink." The first effort caught his attention 

 and caused him to turn and look at me. He rose and 

 answered with the same word. He then came to the front 

 of the cage and looked at me as if in doubt. I repeated 

 the word. He again responded, and turned to a small pan 

 in the cage. He took it up and placed it near the door 

 through which the keeper passed food to him. He then 

 turned to me and again uttered the word. I asked the 

 keeper for some milk ; but he brought me some water 

 instead. The efforts of the little simian to secure the glass 

 were very earnest, and his pleading manner and tone gave 

 evidence of his thirst. I allowed him to dip his hand into 

 the glass and lick the water from his fingers. When the 

 glass was kept out of the reach of his hand he repeated 

 the sound and looked beseechingly at me as if to say : 

 "Please give me more." This caused me to suspect that 

 the word which I had translated "milk" also meant 



