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his hand for the instrument, which he was allowed to 
examine. The flute did not interest him, but the 
bagpipes — reproduced on the violin — achieved a 
triumph. He first flattened his nose against the 
bars, and then, scrambling to the centre of the cage, 
turned head over heels, and lastly, sitting down, 
chucked handfuls of straw in the air and over his 
head, “ smiling/’ as the keeper said, with delight and 
approval. 
The Capuchin monkeys are kept in a large cage 
next to one containing a number of grey macaques. 
The little Capuchins were busy eating their breakfast ; 
but the violin soon attracted an audience. The 
Capuchins dropped their food and clung to the bars, 
listening, with their heads on one side, with great atten- 
tion. The keeper drew our notice to the next cage. 
There, clinging in rows to the front wires, was a silent 
assembly of a dozen macaques, all listening intently 
to the concert which their neighbours were enjoying. 
At the first sounds of the flute most of these ran 
away ; and the piccolo excited loud and angry screams 
from all sides. Clearly in this case the violin was the 
favourite. We then decided to take the opinion of 
some of the largest and least vivacious animals, and 
selected the young African elephant for our next 
auditor. As this animal had showm the utmost dis- 
like to the violin on a previous occasion, the flute 
was employed to open the concert, and with complete 
success. The elephant stood listening with deep 
attention, one foot raised from the ground, and its 
