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PREFACE 



them are the acts of his own pets or of apes in a 

 wild state. The author has refrained from rash 

 deductions and abstruse theories, but has sought to 

 place the animals here treated in their true light, 

 believing that to dignify the apes is not to degrade 

 man, but to exalt him even more. 



It is hoped that a more perfect knowledge of 

 these animals may bring man into closer fellowship 

 and deeper sympathy with Nature, and cause him 

 to realise that all creatures think and feel in some 

 degree, however small 



THE AUTHOR. 



