g6 THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 



good-natured, playful, and always showed every 

 sign of pleasure at my visits. 



In Central Park there is a monkey of this spe- 

 cies which I call Uncle Remus. He is quite 

 fond of me, and for my amusement he always 

 wants to whip a little baby-monkey in the same 

 cage with him whenever I go to visit them. 

 This species belongs to the same genus as the 

 Capuchin, though they differ in mental calibre as 

 widely as the Caucasian differs from the negro ; 

 but in this case the colors are reversed. I have 

 seen a few fairly intelligent white-faces and a 

 great many very stupid Capuchins ; but to strike 

 an average from a great number of each kind, 

 they will be found very widely separated in 

 brain-power. 



The white-faced Cebus always has a languid 

 expression, and looks like some poor, decrepit old 

 man who has borne a great burden of care 

 through a long life, and finds his toil and pa- 

 tience ill-requited and is now awaiting his last 

 call. He always has a sad face and looks as if 

 his friends were false. His type of speech is 

 very far inferior to that of the Capuchin, and I 

 do not regard him as a good subject for my work. 



I have learned the food-sound in the dialect 



