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playfully to her perch, and looks back to see if 

 the image follows ; then she will return to the 

 glass and try again to induce the little ghost to 

 join her in her play. Again, she will spring to 

 her perch, looking back, but does not understand 

 why it will not join her. During all this the 

 baby's father, a sedate old Macaque, looks on with 

 suspicion and a scowl, and on a few occasions 

 has pulled the baby away from the glass, as if 

 he knew that there was something wrong, and 

 expressed his opinion in a low, ominous growl. 

 He reminds me at times of some people whom I 

 have seen that look very wise and intimate by 

 their conduct that they know something. 



Another little Macaque makes the most in- 

 describable faces, and works her lips in that pe- 

 culiar fashion which I have elsewhere described, 

 but she does not utter one sound. She merely 

 looks in silence, and never tries to find the mon- 

 key concealed behind the glass. 



The spider-monkey is a study worthy of great 

 minds. When shown her image in the glass 

 she takes her seat on the floor, crosses her legs, 

 and fixes herself as if she expected to spend the 

 day. vShe will then look into the glass and utter 

 a low sound, and begin to reach out her long 



