44 THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 



ner for something he had done, and I tried very 

 hard to secure a record of this particular speech, 

 in which I totally failed, as I could not fore- 

 know when such an act would be done, and there- 

 fore could not have my phonograph in place to 

 obtain such, a record. I called the attention of Mr. 

 F. S. Church, the eminent artist, to this act, with 

 the hope that he might be able to make a sketch 

 of Nemo while in this attitude. I do not know 

 what the offence was, but the pose and expres- 

 sion as well as the speech were very impressive. 

 He satin a crouching position, with the left hand 

 clasping the right wrist, and delivered his speech 

 in a most energetic but humble manner. The 

 expression on his face could not be misunder- 

 stood. After a few moments he paused briefly, 

 and then seemed to repeat the same thing some 

 two or three times. The manner of his delivery 

 was very suggestive, and his demeanor was con- 

 ciliatory. When he had quite finished his speech, 

 Dodo, to whom the apology was being made, and 

 who had listened to it in perfect silence, deliv- 

 ered a sound blow with her right hand on the 

 left side of the face of the little penitent, to 

 which he responded with a soft cry, while Dodo 

 turned and left him without further debate. I 



