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fully afraid lest the animal should have seized Dr. Hooker 
and crushed him to death. But the driver himself, as 
Dr. Hooker was assured, ran no risk. This forbearance, 
under an emergency so dreadful for a heavy animal, is a 
wonderful proof of noble fidelity.”* 
Many cases of sympathy in monkeys might be given, but 
I shall confine myself to stating one which I myself wit- 
nessed at the Zoological Gardens. f A year or two ago there 
was an Arabian baboon and an Anubis baboon confined in 
one cage, adjoining that which contained a dog-headed 
baboon. The Anubis baboon passed its hand through the 
wires of the partition, in order to purloin a nut which the 
large dog-headed baboon had left within reach, — expressly, 
I believe, that it might aft as a bait. The Anubis baboon 
very well knew the danger he ran, for he waited until his 
bulky neighbour had turned his back upon the nut with the 
appearance of having forgotten all about it. The dog- 
headed baboon, however, was all the time slyly looking 
round with the corner of his eye, and no sooner was the 
arm of his viffiim well within his cage than he sprang with 
astonishing rapidity and caught the retreating hand in his 
mouth. The cries of the Anubis baboon quickly brought 
the keeper to the rescue, when, by dint of a good deal of 
physical persuasion, the dog-headed baboon was induced to 
leave go his hold. The Anubis baboon then retired to the 
middle of his cage, moaning piteously, and holding the 
injured hand against his chest while he rubbed it with the 
other one. The Arabian baboon now approached him from 
the top part of the cage, and, while making a soothing 
sound very expressive of sympathy, folded the sufferer in its 
arms — exactly as a mother would her child under similar 
circumstances. It must be stated, also, that this expression 
of sympathy had a decidedly quieting effedt upon the 
sufferer, his moans becoming less piteous so soon as he was 
enfolded in the arms of his comforter ; and the manner in 
which he laid his cheek upon the bosom of his friend was 
as expressive as anything could be of sympathy appreciated. 
This really affecting spectacle lasted a considerable time, 
and while watching it I felt that, even had it stood alone, 
it would in itself have been sufficient to prove the essential 
identity of some of the noblest among human emotions 
with those of the lower animals. 
If there is any validity in the foregoing antecedent reflec- 
* See also Hooker’s Himalayan Journal, vol. ii p.333 (1854). 
f I hope it is unnecessary to say that in detailing this and all the subsequent 
incidents, I carefully avoid exaggeration or embellishment of any kind. 
