Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals is a classic biology essay by R. Lee. In making a selection of anecdotes, those have been assembled which were supplied by me to other works, and in most instances have received considerable amplification, others have been given which never before were printed--perhaps not even written, while all which have been transferred from other pages to mine have received the stamp of authenticity. Besides those whose names are already mentioned, I have to thank several friends who have drawn from their private stores for my advantage, and thus enabled me to offer much that is perfectly new. Formed like man, and practicing similar gestures, but with thumbs instead of great toes upon their feet, and with so narrow a heel-bone, that even those who constantly walk upright have not the firm and dignified step of human beings, the Quadrumana yet approximate so closely to us, that they demand the first place in a book devoted principally to the intellectual (whether it be reason or instinct) history of animals. This approximation is a matter of amusement to some, but to the larger portion of mankind, I should say, it is a source of disgust. "Rapoynda, " I exclaimed, one day, to a troublesome, inquisitive, restless negro, pointing to a black monkey, which much resembled him in character, "that is your brother." Never shall I forget the malignant scowl which passed over the man's features at my heedless comparison. No apology, no kindness, not even the gift of a smart waistcoat, which he greatly coveted, ever restored me to his good graces, and I was not sorry when his Chief summoned him from my vicinity, for I dreaded his revenge.