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Nov 3. 69

It is well known how the individual monkeys of same species differ mentally.

A man who trains monkeys to act had been in the habit of purchased some common kinds [illeg] Z. Soc, at the fee of for each giving £5. But he is said to be allowed to keep them on for a trial for a few days, & thus came be wd give he wd give double the sum £10 for any one which he chose.

When asked how he cd so soon tell

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whether one wd serve, he said it depended entirely on whether they paid close attention to him when he spoke to them;

If when explaining & speaking to them, they were easily distracted, as by catching a fly on the wall [2 words illeg] they were of no use, & if he tried to make them act by beating, they turned sulky.