Apes in Counting-houses.
The Siamese ape is stated to be in great request among Siamese merchants as a cashier in their counting-houses. Vast quantities of base coin obtain circulation in Siam, and the faculty of discrimination between good money and bad would appear to be possessed by these gifted monkeys in Buch an extraordinary degree of development, that no human being, however carefully trained, can compete with them. The cashier ape immediately puts into his mouth each coin presented to him in business payments, and tests it with grave deliberation. If it be genuine, he hands it over to his master. If it be counterfeit, he sets it down on the counter before him with a solemn grimace of displeasure. His method of testing is regarded in commercial circles as infallible ; and, as a matter of fact, his decision is uniformly l accepted by all parties interested in thp > transaction.
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 30, 29 December 1883, Page 3
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150Apes in Counting-houses. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 30, 29 December 1883, Page 3
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