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pie, they learn to sweep and dust, to clean boots 

 and brush clothes. 



Should they go to sea, they still contrive to be 

 useful at furling sails and hauling ropes with 

 the sailors ; and if their home is with carpen- 

 ters, they become equally expert with tools, even 

 using hammer and nails properly. 



Monkeys are quick to learn politeness and 

 refined manners, for nothing seems to please 

 them so much as to copy the ways of those about 

 them. It is easy to teach them to eat with knife 

 and fork, to drink from a cup or glass, and 

 to use a napkin ; they like it, too, and soon 

 relish our food, and show likes and dislikes as 

 strong as the most notional " spoiled child " in 

 America. 



They take kindly to other ways of ours, — 

 they enjoy sleeping in beds, and soon learn to 

 " make them up." They like to be warmly 

 dressed, and can readily learn to dress them- 

 selves ; and they have their own tastes in colors. 



In the Island of Sumatra the common mon- 

 key is the bruh, or pig-tailed monkey, and he 

 becomes a docile and intelligent servant. What 

 he has to do is to gather cocoanuts. Of course 

 nothing is easier for a four-handed fellow than 

 to climb the tall trees and throw down nuts ; but 

 the bruh does better than that ; he selects the 



