CHAPTER V 



Pedro's Speech Recorded — Delivered to Puck through the Phono- 

 graph — Little Darwin Learns a New Word 



IN the Washington collection there was once a Capuchin 

 monkey by the name of Pedro. When I first visited 

 this bright little fellow he occupied a cage in common with 

 several other monkeys of different kinds. All of them 

 seemed to impose upon little Pedro, and a mischievous 

 young spider-monkey found special delight in catching him 

 by the tail and dragging him about the floor of the cage. 

 I interfered on behalf of Pedro and drove the spider- 

 monkey away. Pedro appreciated this and began to look 

 upon me as a benefactor. When he saw me he would 

 scream to attract my attention and then beg for me to 

 come to him. I induced the keeper to place him by him- 

 self in a small cage. This seemed to please him very 

 much. When I went to record his sounds on the phono- 

 graph, I held him on my arm. He took the tube into his 

 tiny, black hands, held it close up to his mouth and talked 

 into it just like a good little boy who knew what to do and 

 how to do it. He sometimes laughed, and he frequently 

 chattered to me as long as he could see me. He would sit 

 on my hand and kiss my cheeks, put his mouth up to my 

 ear and chatter just as though he knew what my ears were 

 for. He was quite fond of the head-keeper and also of the 



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