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■ hica. Orphan- monkeys were always adopted and 
° ai 'efully guarded by the other monkeys, both males 
a,1 d females. One female baboon had so capacious a 
"'art that she not only adopted young monkeys of 
Ie |' species, but stole young dogs and cats, which she 
“’"tinually carried about. Her kindness, however, did 
"'f go so far as to share her food with her adopted 
""spring, at which Brehm was surprised, as his monkeys 
1 wa .vs divided everything quite fairly with their own 
• UUn g ones. An adopted kitten scratched the above- 
mentioned affectionate baboon, who certainly had a 
intellect, for she was much astonished at being 
hatched, and immediately examined the kitten’s feet, 
y" without more ado bit off the claws. In the 
/ 0o ogical Gardens, 1 heard from the keeper that 
111 old baboon (G. cliacma ) had adopted a Rhesus 
°nkey . ) Jut w pen a young drill and mandrill were 
d, ed in pp e ca „ e s j 10 se eined to perceive that these 
monke 
P C : S ’ tor she at once rejected the Rhesus and adopted 
dp, 1 tfienr. The young Rhesus, as I saw, was greatly 
' ""tented at being thus rejected, and it would, like 
tiy Ve ^ 8> tllou gh distinct species, were her nearer rela- 
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flighty child, annoy and attack the young drill and 
^aiidrill whenever it could do so with safety; this 
^r 1 ' 1 Uct exciting great indignation in the old baboon. 
011 will also, according to Brehm, detcud their 
vaster when attacked by any" one, as well as dogs to 
I 0111 they are attached, from the attacks ot other 
to b5, ‘, . Iiut we here trench on the subject of sympathy, 
fool- 11 ^ s * ia h- recur. Some of Brelnu’s monkeys 
lv Inu ch delight in teasing, in various ingenious 
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■ ’ a certain old doo- whom they disliked, as well 
as "ther animals. 
tin* ] JS - ^ le 111 ore complex emotions are common to 
ugher animals and ourselves. Every one has seen 
