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worthy of a human being. During most of this time she 

 continued her pathetic speech. She was not willing he 

 should leave her. The only time at which she made any 

 show of anger or threatened me with assault was when 

 I attempted to lay hands on her keeper or to release him 

 from her embrace. At such times she would fly at me 

 and attempt to tear my clothes off. On these occasions 

 she would not allow any other inmate of the cage to 

 approach him or to receive his caresses. The sounds 

 which she uttered were at times pitiful, and the tale she 

 told seemed to be full of sorrow. I have not, so far, been 

 able to translate these sounds, but their import cannot be 

 misunderstood. Her speech was doubtless a complaint 

 against the other monkeys in the cage, and she was 

 probably begging her keeper not to leave her alone in 

 that great iron prison with all those big, bad monkeys 

 who were so cruel to her. One reason for believing this 

 to be the nature of her speech is that in all cases where 

 I have heard this kind of speech and seen these gestures, 

 the conditions were such as to indicate that such was 

 their nature. It looks, however, very much like a love- 

 making scene of the most intense kind. 



It is difficult to describe either the sounds or the ges- 

 tures made on these occasions The monkey stood erect 

 upon her feet, crossed her hands over her heart, and in 

 the most touching and graceful manner went through 

 a series of singular contortions. She swayed her body 

 from side to side, turned her head in a coquettish manner, 

 and moved her folded hands dramatically. Meanwhile her 

 face was adorned with a broad grin, and the soft, rich notes 



