34 THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 



He would look at the image in the glass, then he 

 would look into the horn ; he would retire with 

 a feeble grunt and a kind of inquisitive grin, 

 showing his little white teeth, and acting as 

 though in doubt whether to regard the affair as a 

 joke or to treat it as a grim and scientific fact. 

 His voice and actions were exactly like those of 

 a child declaring in words that he was not afraid, 

 but betraying fear in every act, and finally blend- 

 ing his feelings into a genuine cry. Puck did 

 not cry, but the evidence of fear made the grin 

 on his face rather ghostly. Again he would ap- 

 proach the mirror, then listen to the sounds 

 which came from the horn, and it appeared from 

 his conduct that there was a conflict somewhere. 

 It was evident that he did not believe that the 

 monkey which he saw in the glass was making 

 the sounds which came from the horn. He re- 

 peatedly put his mouth to the glass and caressed 

 the image which he saw there, and at the same 

 time showed a grave suspicion and some concern 

 about the one which he heard in the horn, and 

 tried to keep away from, it as much as possible. 

 His conduct in this case was a source of surprise 

 to me, as the sounds contained in the record 

 which I had repeated to him were all uttered in 



