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gentle in manner, kind in disposition, and he possessed a 

 great amount of diplomacy. He was thoughtful and peace- 

 able, but "full of guile." He always sought to keep the 

 peace with Mickie, to whom he played the sycophant. He 

 would put his little arms about Mickie's neck in a most 

 affectionate manner and hang on to him like a last hope. 

 In all broils that concerned Mickie, Nemo was his partisan. 

 If Mickie was diverted, Nemo laughed. I have sometimes 

 thought that he would do so if he were suffering with the 

 toothache. He seemed to be as completely under the 

 control of Mickie as was the curl in Mickie's tail. When 

 Nemo saw Mickie bite my fingers in play, he thought it 

 was done in anger and he lost no chance of biting them ; 

 but his little teeth were not strong enough to hurt very 

 much. At last he discovered that Mickie was only biting 

 me in fun, and after that Nemo did it apparently as a duty. 

 It scarcely seems that a monkey can be capable of such far- 

 reaching purpose or of such diplomacy, but by a careful 

 study of his actions I could find no other motive. 



One singular thing in the conduct of this monkey was 

 his apologetic manner towards another inmate of the 

 cage. Nemo had a soft musical voice and remarkable 

 power of facial expression. On two occasions he appeared 

 to apologize to a companion called Dodo. This was done 

 in a very humble manner. I tried in vain to secure a 

 record of this particular speech. His manner, voice, and 

 face expressed contrition ; but I was never able to learn 

 either the exact cause or the extent of his humiliation. 

 He sat in a crouching position, with the left hand clasped 

 around the right wrist, and delivered his speech in a most 



