THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 7 1 



supplied her with bells and toys and fed her on 

 the fat of the land ; and by this means we slowly 

 knitted together the broken bones of our friend- 

 ship once more. But when once a monkey has 

 grown suspicious of you they never recover en- 

 tirely from it, it seems, for in every act there- 

 after, however slight, you can readily see that 

 they suspect you of it ; but with great care and 

 caution you can make them almost forget the 

 trouble. 



While I kept Nellie at my rooms I made some 

 good records of her speech on the phonograph, 

 and studied her with special care ; but as the prov- 

 ince of this work is the speech of that little race, 

 I must forego the pleasure of telling some in- 

 tensely funny things with which she entertained 

 me, except in so far as they are relevant to speech. 



A frequent and welcome visitor to my study 

 was a bright little boy about six years old, for 

 whom Nellie entertained a great fondness, as she 

 also did for my wife. At the sight of the boy 

 Nellie would go into perfect raptures, and when 

 he would leave her she would call him so ear- 

 nestly and whine so pitifully that one could not 

 refrain from sympathy. On his return she 

 would laugh audibly and give every sign of ex- 



