. Apes and monkeys; their life and language . food,and had wandered so far away that she lost her bearingsand could not again find him. He appeared to have beenfor a long time without food, and may have been crouchingthere in the forks of that tree for a day or two ; but thiswas only inferred from his hunger, as there was no way todetermine how long he had remained, or even how he gotthere. I designed to bring Moses up in the way that good chim-panzees ought to be brought up ; so I began to teach himgood manners, in the hope that some day he would be ashining light to his race, and aid me in m
. Apes and monkeys; their life and language . food,and had wandered so far away that she lost her bearingsand could not again find him. He appeared to have beenfor a long time without food, and may have been crouchingthere in the forks of that tree for a day or two ; but thiswas only inferred from his hunger, as there was no way todetermine how long he had remained, or even how he gotthere. I designed to bring Moses up in the way that good chim-panzees ought to be brought up ; so I began to teach himgood manners, in the hope that some day he would be ashining light to his race, and aid me in my work amongthem. To that end I took great care of him, and devotedmuch time to the study of his natural manners, and toimproving them as much as his nature would allow. I built him a neat little house within a few feet ofmy cage. It was enclosed with a thin cloth, and at thedoor I hung a curtain to keep out mosquitoes and otherinsects. It was supplied with plenty of soft, clean leaves,and some canvas bed-clothino-. It was covered over with. NATIVE CARRIER EOY(From a Photograph.) 120 APES AND MONKEYS a bamboo roof, and was suspended a few feet from theground, so as to keep out the ants. Moses soon learned to adjust the curtain and go to bedwithout my aid. He would lie in bed in the morning untilhe heard me or the boy stirring about the cage, when hewould poke his little black head out and begin to jabberfor his breakfast. Then he would climb out and come tothe cage to see Avhat was going on. He was not confinedat all, but quite at liberty to go about in the forest, climbthe trees and bushes, and have a good time of it. He wasjealous of the boy, and the boy was jealous of him, espe-cially when it came to a question of eating. Neither ofthem seemed to want the other to eat anything that theymutually liked, and I had to act as umpire in many of theirdisputes on that grave subject, which seemed to be thecentral thought of both of them. I frequently allowedMoses to dine with me, and
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