CREATION BY EVOLUTION 



of the mother's body, and when they are old enough to run 

 about they quickly rush to the mother whenever they are 

 alarmed. The mother chimpanzee appears to teach her 

 offspring to walk by taking them by the hand and guiding 

 their steps. The babies are unable to walk alone until they 

 are several months old. 



Young apes are sometimes disciplined by their parents, 

 and they are generally obedient to parental calls. When ill, 

 they become objects of increased solicitude. Captain Crow 

 tells of a small monkey that became sick during a voyage. 

 "It had always been a favorite with the other monkeys, who 

 seemed to regard it as the last born and pet of the family; 

 and they granted it many indulgences which they seldom 

 conceded to one another. . . . From the moment it was 

 taken ill their attention and care of it redoubled; and it was 

 truly affecting and interesting to see with what anxiety and 

 tenderness they tended and nursed the little creature. A 

 struggle often ensued among them for priority in those offices 

 of affection; and some would steal one thing and some 

 another, which they would carry to it untasted, however 

 tempting the bit might be to their own palates. Then they 

 would take it up gently in their forepaws, hug it to their 

 breasts, and cry over it as a fond mother would over her 

 suffering child." 



The grief of monkeys and apes over the loss of their 

 young has often been commented upon. After a young ape 

 has died it is often difficult to remove the body, because 

 the mother refuses to give it up even after it has begun 

 to decay. The chimpanzee previously referred to, which 

 had given birth to a baby in captivity, bore a second one 

 about three years afterward, but it soon died. The mother 

 would not allow it to be removed, so Madam Abreu con- 

 trived to slip a cord around the baby's neck and when the 



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