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agitated, opening and shutting his mouth, and waving 
his long arms about, until two loud discordant notes 
were played, when he came flying down from his 
tree, and flung himself against the bars. The young 
ourang-outang turned his back at once, and made off 
to the top of his cage, from which not even a banana 
would tempt him. “ Sally ” listened gravely, with her 
hands crossed and a far-off look in her eyes, until a 
strong crescendo was played, when she made an 
audible and perfectly articulate remark, though we 
were unable to record its meaning. Outside the large 
monkey-house, a large Tcheli monkey was sitting in 
a cage apart, thoughtfully chewing a stick. At the 
sound of the violin, it gave a violent start and frowned, 
which, however, is not a necessary sign of displeasure 
in monkey physiognomy. When sudden discords 
were played, it sprang forward and rattled the bars. 
The Capuchin monkeys, the species selected by Dr. 
Gamier for his experiments in monkey language, 
showed the strangest and most amusing excitement. 
These pretty little creatures have wonderfully expres- 
sive and intelligent pink faces, with bright-brown 
eyes and pink lips, and the play and mobility of their 
faces and bodies while listening to the music was 
extraordinarily rapid. The three in the first cage at 
first rushed up into their box, and then all peeped 
out chattering and excited. One by one they came 
down and listened to the music with intense curiosity, 
shrieking and making faces at a crescendo, shaking 
the wires at a discord, and putting their heads upside- 
