THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 13 



from him without reward that life which could 

 be of no value except to spare to the wild forest 

 where his kindred monkeys live. 



This peculiar mode of expressing submission 

 seems to be very widely used, and from her de- 

 scription of the actions of that monkey his con- 

 duct must have been identical with that of the 

 Cebus, and to my mind may justly be interpreted 

 to mean, " Pity me; I will not harm you." I 

 have recently learned that a Scotch naturalist, 

 commenting on my description of this act and its 

 meaning, quite agrees with me, and states that 

 he has observed the same thing in other species 

 of monkeys. 



