178 APES AXD MONKEYS 



When they reached the end of the street the}' again fell 

 upon each other, and another scuffle ensued. It was plain 

 to be seen that the boy could run much faster than the 

 ape, but the ape did not try to elude him. The other 

 children crowded around them or followed them, looking 

 on, laughing and shouting in the greatest glee. First one 

 boy and then another took his turn in the play, but the 

 ape did not lose interest in me. He stopped from time to 

 time to take another survey, but did not try again to get 

 upon my lap. 



After a long time at this sport the ape quit playing and 

 sat down by the Avail of a house, with his back against it ; 

 the children tried in vain to induce him to resume ; but he 

 firmly declined, and sat there like a tired athlete, picking 

 his teeth with a bamboo splinter which he had pulled off 

 the side of the house. His conduct was so much like that 

 of the children with whom he was playing that one could 

 not have distinguished him from them except by his phy- 

 sique. He enjoyed the game as much as they did and 

 showed that he knew how to gain or use an advantage over 

 his adversary. In a scuffle he was stronger and more 

 active than the boys, but in the race they were the more 

 fleet. He screamed and yelled with delight, and in every 

 way appeared to enter into the spirit of the fun. 



This ape was about five years old, and his history, as it 

 was given to me, showed that he had been captured, when 

 quite young, in the forest near that place and ever since 

 that time had lived in the village. He had been the con- 

 stant playmate of the children, ate with them, and slept in 

 the same houses with them. He was perfectly tame and 



