yS APES AND MONKEYS 



fruit that grows near the root of the plant. He plucks a 

 bud of some kind, tears it apart with his fingers, smells 

 it, and then throws it aside. Now he takes hold of a tall 

 sapling, looks up at its shaking branches and turns away. 

 He pauses and looks around as if suspicious of danger. 

 He listens to see if anything is approaching, but being 

 reassured he resumes his search for food. Now he gently 

 parts the tangled vines that intercept his way and creeps 

 noiselessly through them. He hesitates, looks carefully 

 around him, and then again proceeds. He is coming this 

 way. I see his black face as he turns his head from side 

 to side, looking for food. What a brutal visage ! It has 

 a scowl upon it, as if he were at odds with all his race. 

 He is now within a few yards of the cage, but is not aware 

 of my presence. He plucks a tendril from a vine, smells it, 

 and puts it into his mouth. He plucks another and another. 

 I shall note that vine and ascertain what it is. Now he is 

 in a small open space where the bush has been cut away so 

 as to afford a better view. He seems to know that this 

 is an unusual thing to find in the jungle. He surveys it with 

 caution. He comes nearer. Now he has detected me. He 

 sits down upon the ground and looks at me as if in utter 

 surprise. A moment more he turns aside, looks over his 

 shoulders, and hurries away into the dense jungle. 



It is now four o'clock. I hear a wild pig rooting among 

 the fallen leaves. I see a small rodent that looks like a 

 diminutive hedgehog. He is gnawing the bark from a 

 dead limb, possibly to capture some insect secreted under 

 it. But as rodents usually live upon vegetable diet, he 

 may have some other reason for this. 



