206 PROFESSOR OWEN ch. VI. 



' 2^th. — We paid a Christmas visit to Jenny 

 the ourang-outang. She certainly attempts speech 

 as far as her powers admit. When she is fond of 

 a person, she puts her long strong arms round his 

 neck, and makes a curious noise, like an attempt 

 to utter caressing words — opening the lips and 

 moving them as though trying to make certain 

 sounds. She produces a sort of a murmur, which 

 one might easily translate into kind expressions. 

 To-day she took a fancy, when out of her 

 cage, to look out of the window, and slyly crept 

 along till she got there under pretence of friend- 

 ship. Hunt pretended to be offended at her not 

 coming when he called, and she ran up to him, 

 put her arms round his neck, whispering to him 

 and kissing him, till he seemed to forgive her.' 



