MONKEY BABIES. 



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laugh is not so hearty as ours, but a sort of loud- 

 whispered " Ha ! ha ! " 



There has been a notion among people that a 

 monkey cannot smile, much less laugh, but that 

 has been proved a mistake. Close observers, as 

 Darwin and Buckland, affirm that the chimpan- 

 zee can do both. 



The baby chimpanzee likes to play with chil- 

 dren, and whatever they do he does after them. 

 If the youngsters make up faces at him, he re- 

 turns the compliment, thrusting out his lips till 

 they look like a trumpet. Like the children, 

 too, he is fond of sweets and milk ; and, unlike 

 them, he will wash his own hands and face. 

 He's a droll little fellow, with high shoulders, 

 and big ears, and beautiful white teeth, and his 

 name is Troglodytes Niger. 



