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dangerous it is allowed to go out for walks by itself every day, 

 to climb on the trees, and amuse itself. It requires a box or 

 basket to sleep in with a rug, or bit of sacking to wrap itself 

 with. It appreciates alchohic liquors especially if sweet, such 

 as port but it will often take whisky or beer. One which is now 

 in the London Zoological Gardens smoked cigarettes or cigars, 

 lighting one from the other, knocking off the ash, and puffing 

 the smoke through its nose. 



The Mias is always a quiet slow moving beast, and being 

 constructed for arboreal life is not in its element on the ground. 

 It. is very human in the way it uses a blanket and pillow, care- 

 fully arranging the pillow under its head, and drawing the 

 blanket over itself, and when it has arranged this to. its satis- 

 faction and lies on its back peacefully smoking a cigarette, it 

 looks more than ever like an indolent man. Young ones 

 rarely make any sounds with the mouth, but when quite young 

 if annoyed it cries like a child, stamping its feet on the ground. 

 When older, about 4 or 5 years old the Mias does not cry, and 

 seems to be almost dumb, occasionally grunting, and blowing 

 with its lips when vexed. They laugh however when tickled, 

 and often, at about seven years old quite loud. The last one 

 kept in the Gardens, was very fond of swinging on a door, sit- 

 ting on the top and pushing itself backwards and forwards like 

 a child on a gate. When young they are very docile and 

 obedient and very much attached to anyone who is kind 

 to them. Many are fond of having a common monkey to pet 

 and play with, others seem to find the small monkey a bore, 

 and a nuisance. 



When pleased with anyone they protrude their lips to kiss 

 them, and they often kiss each other. 



The youngest I have seen were a pair brought for sale, 

 undoubtedly twins as they were exactly the same size, and 

 age. They were very scantily provided with hair. The male 

 was very active, moving about briskly like one of the common 

 monkeys. This baby-activity soon goes off and as they become 

 older they seem to become more .indolent. 



As they grow the hair becomes longer and denser es- 

 pecially apparently in the male, but later in life they often 



R. A. Soc, No. 46, 1906. 



