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THE STORY OF THE MONKEY. 
artist can sketch a single hand, and in that one member exhibit the indi¬ 
viduality of its owner. 
That monkeys, among the other characteristics which show a closer con¬ 
necting link with the human species than is at all agreeable, should possess 
that love of seeing how near they can get to danger without being hurt, 
which finds a place in almost every man’s breast, is especially odd, but none 
the less true. 
The rivers all through the kingdom of Siam abound with crocodiles in an 
extraordinary manner. These are tantalized daily by the monkeys, who 
annoy them in various ways. One day I was a witness to the monkey’s love 
for frolic and the penalty sometimes paid. A large number of the agile little 
animals had gathered in a tree under which a crocodile was sunning in some 
shallow water. One after another the monkeys would drop to the lower 
branches, but careful not to approach too near the open jaws. Approaching 
