THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 1 7 



noyance from visitors, sat quietly in the back of 

 his cage, as though he was glad another day was 

 done. I approached the cage and uttered the 

 sound which I have described and translated 

 "drink." My first effort caught his attention 

 and caused him to turn and look at me. He 

 then arose and answered me with the same word, 

 and came at once to the front of the cage. He 

 looked at me as if in doubt, and I repeated the 

 word. He responded with the same and turned 

 to a small pan in his cage, which he took up and 

 placed near the door through which the keeper 

 usually passed his food, returned to me, and ut- 

 tered the word again. I asked the keeper for 

 some milk, which he did not have, but brought 

 me some water instead. The efforts of my little 

 simian friend to secure the glass were very 

 earnest, and his pleading manner and tone as- 

 sured me of his extreme thirst I allowed him 

 to dip his hand into the glass, and he would then 

 lick the water from his fingers and reach again. 

 I kept the glass out of reach of his hand, and he 

 would repeat the sound earnestly and look at me 

 beseechingly as if to say : " Please give me some 

 more." I was thus convinced that the word 

 which I had translated "milk" must also mean 



