. Apes and monkeys; their life and language . ithout disliked getting his feet wet, and paused to be liftedacross. We walked a few steps away and waited. Helooked up and down the branch to see if there was anyway to avoid it. He walked back and forth a few yards,but found no way to cross. He sat down on the bankand declined to wade. After a few moments he waddledalong the bank about ten or twelve feet to a clump of tall,slender bushes growing by the edge of the stream. Herehe halted, whined, and looked up thoughtfully into length he began to climb one of them that leaned overth
. Apes and monkeys; their life and language . ithout disliked getting his feet wet, and paused to be liftedacross. We walked a few steps away and waited. Helooked up and down the branch to see if there was anyway to avoid it. He walked back and forth a few yards,but found no way to cross. He sat down on the bankand declined to wade. After a few moments he waddledalong the bank about ten or twelve feet to a clump of tall,slender bushes growing by the edge of the stream. Herehe halted, whined, and looked up thoughtfully into length he began to climb one of them that leaned overthe water. As he climbed up, the stalk bent with hisweight, and in an instant he was swung safely across thelittle brook. He let go the plant, and came hobblingalong to me with a look of triumph on his face that plainlyindicated he was fully conscious of having performed avery clever feat. One dark, rainy night I felt something pulling at myblanket and mosquito bar. I could not for a momentimagine what it was, but knew that it was something on. A STROLL IN THE JUNGLE —MR. GARNER, MOSES, AND NATIVE BOY(From a Photograph.) 128 APES AND MONKEYS the outside of my cage. I lay for a few seconds, and thenI felt another strong pull. In an instant some cold, damp,rough thing touched my face. I found it was his handpoked through the meshes and groping about for some-thing. I spoke to him, and he replied with a series ofplaintive sounds which assured me that something mustbe wrong. I rose and lighted a candle. His little brownface was pressed up against the wires, and wore a sad,weary look. He could not tell me in words what troubledhim, but every sign, look, and gesture bespoke the candle in one hand and mv revolver in theother, I stepped out of the cage and went to his I discovered that a colony of ants had invaded hisquarters. These ants are a great pest when they attackanything, and when they make a raid on a house the onlything to be done is to leave it
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