Garner, Richard Lynch, 1848-1920 · Boston and London, Ginn & company · leaf 98
75 Presently a rustle of the leaves is heard, and a porcu-pine comes waddling into view. He pokes his nose aboutin search of food, but he has not yet discovered my pres-ence. He comes closer. The scent or sight of me startleshim, and away he goes. Now a civet comes stealing throughthe bush, till he… … A Peep at My Cage knows every palm tree that bears nuts within many milesaround. They are now coming to inspect my cage andsee what new thing this is set up in monkeydom. As they draw nearer they become more cautious. They j6 APES AND MONKEYS find a strong bough in the top of a big tree, and the…
Monkeys · Speech · Sound production by animals
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