according to his small powers. We took him
ignominiously by the scruff of the neck, haled him to camp, and dumped
him down on Billy. Billy constructed him a beautiful belt by sacrificing
part of a kodak strap (mine), and tied him to a chop box filled with dry
grass. Thenceforth this became Funny Face's castle, at home and on the
march.

Within a few hours his confidence in life was restored. He accepted
small articles of food from our hands, eyeing us intently, retired and
examined them. As they all proved desirable, he rapidly came to the
conclusion that these new large strange monkeys, while not so beautiful
and agile as his own people, were nevertheless a good sort after all.
Therefore he took us into his confidence. By next day he was quite
tame, would submit to being picked up without struggling, and had ceased
trying to take an end off our various fingers. In fact when the finger
was presented, he would seize it in both small black hands; convey it
to his mouth; give it several mild and gentle love-chews; and then,
clasping it with all four hands, would draw himself up like a little
athlete and seat himself upright on the outspread palm. Thence he would
survey the world, wrinkling up his tiny brow.

This chastened and scholarly attitude of mind lasted for four or five
days. Then Funny Face concluded that he understood all about it, had
settled satisfactorily to himself all the problems of the world and
his relations to it, and had arrived at a good working basis for life.
Therefore these questions ceased to occupy him. He dismissed them from
his mind completely, and gave himself over to light-hearted frivolity.

His disposition was flighty but full of elusive charm. You deprecated
his lack of serious purpose in life, disapproved heartily of his
irresponsibility, but you fell to his engaging qualities. He was a
typical example of the lovable good-for-naught. Nothing retained his
attention for two consecutive minutes. If he seized a nut and started
for his chop box with it, the chances were he would drop it and forget
all about it in the interest excited by a crawling ant or the colour of
a flower. His elfish face was always alight with the play of emotions
and of flashing changing interests. He was greatly given to starting off
on very important errands, which he forgot before he arrived.

In this he contrasted strangely with his friend Darwin. Darwin was
another monkey of the same species, caught about a week