208 APES AND MONKEYS 



or something else. I repeated the sound, and he repeated 

 the answer and came towards me. As he approached me 

 I again gave the sound. He came up and sat by my feet 

 for a moment, looking into my face. I uttered the sound 

 again, when he took hold of my leg and began to climb up 

 as if it had been a tree. He climbed up to my neck and 

 began to play with my lips, nose, and ears. We at once 

 became friends, and I tried to buy him ; but the price 

 asked was more than I desired to pay. I regretted to part 

 with him, but he was taken back to the beach, and I never 

 saw him again. 



On another occasion one was brought aboard, and after 

 speaking to him I gave him an orange ; he began to eat it 

 and at the same time caught hold of the leg of my trousers 

 as if he did not wish me to leave him. I petted and 

 caressed him for a moment and turned away, but he held 

 on to me. He waddled about over the deck, holding on to 

 my clothes, and would not release me. He was afraid of 

 his master and the native boy who had him in charge. He 

 was a timid creature, but was quite intelligent, and I felt 

 sorry for him because he seemed to realize his situation. 



On the same voyage I saw one in the hands of a German 

 trader. It was a young male, about one year old. He 

 promptly answered the food sound. Then I called him to 

 come to me ; but this sound he neither answered nor com- 

 plied with. He looked at me as if to ask where I had 

 learned his language. I repeated the sound several times, 

 but elicited no answer. I have elsewhere called attention 

 to the fact that these apes do not answer the call when 

 they can see the one who makes it, and they do not always 



