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Show 136 SPECIAL EXPRESSIONS : CuAr. Y. Fig, HI. ~!lnnpWtecus nigeT, in a plncid_condlt.ion. Druwn from life by Mr. W(,)lf · J4~ii· 17, T4e same, when pl('a t>d uy being care~sed, CHAP. v. 1\1 NI\EYS. 137 when n1uch distressed and loudly !=\Creaming. R ngaer states 12 that the eyes of the Oebus azarm fill with t ars, but not uffi iently to overflow, when it is pr - vented getting smne mueh desired object, or i mu h fl'ightened. liuinboldt also asserts that the eyes of th Callithrix sci~trew '~in tantly fill with t ars wL n it iR " seized with fear;" but when this pr tty little Inonkey h1 tL Zoological GaJ'dens was teas d, so as to cry out loudly, this did not occur. I do not, however, wish to throw the least doubt on the accuracy of fiumLoldt's stat 1nent.. The appearance of dej ction in young orangs and chimpanzees, when out of health, is as plain and almo t as pathetic as in the case of our children. This state of mind and body is shown by their li ties. 1novements, fallen countenances, dull eyes, and chanaed complexion. Anger.-'fhis ernotion is often exhibit d by many kind:-1 of monkeys, and is expressed, as Mr. Martin re1narks, 13 in 1nany different ways. "Some species, when irritated, pout " the lips, gaze with a :fixed and savage glare on their foe, " and make repeat d short starts as if about to spring "forward, uttering at the same time . inward guttural " sounds. lVfany display their anger by suddenly ad" vancing, making abrupt starts, at the same ti1ne " opening the month and pursing up the lips, so as to ': eonceal the teeth, while the yos are darjngly fix d " on the enemy, as if in savage defiance. Some again, " and principally the long-tailed monkey , or Guenons, " display their teeth, and ac ompany their malicious " grins with a sharp, abrupt, reiterated cry." 1\Ir. Rutton confirms the staten1ent that son1 specie nn- 12 Rongger, ibicl. s. 4G. Humboldt, 'P •rsonal Nal'l't\tive,' Eng. tran. lat. vol. iv. p. 527. l:l NAt. Ili ~t. of l\f~tnmn1 iq, J 8 H, p. 8[) L. |