98 THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 



him is very shy and suspicious. Immediately 

 after Jim's death, however, when I would visit 

 the garden, she would always jump on the perch 

 and take the same position that Jim had occupied 

 whenever I would feed him. During his life- 

 time she always kept her distance, and never 

 would take anything out of my hand, because 

 she was afraid of him . but as soon as he was out 

 of the way she assumed his place and would ut- 

 ter the same sound that he had uttered at my 

 approach. She evidently was aware of the fact 

 that Jim and I were friends, that I always gave 

 him something good to eat at that particular 

 place in the cage, and that he always sat in a 

 certain position when I gave it to him. I do not 

 regard this species as very intelligent nor their 

 language as being of a high type ; but they have 

 a very human-like face, almost without hair, and 

 very large and expressive eyes. They abound 

 in West Africa, and have been colonized with 

 success in the Island of Mauritius ; they are not 

 very common in captivity, but much more so 

 than some other species of less interest. 



