CHAPTER II 



History and Care of a Pair of Chimpanzees 



In the summer of 1923, Dr. William T. Hornaday of the 

 New York Zoological Park kindly brought to the attention 

 of the writer the availability of a pair of young chimpanzees 

 which appeared to be in unusually good condition and other- 

 wise peculiarly suitable for scientific use. At the time the 

 animals were being cared for at the Park. Subsequently 

 the pair was purchased by the writer from their owner, Mr. 

 Noel E. Lewis, who had recently brought them to the United 

 States by way of England. The animals had been christened 

 Prince and Mary by Mr. Lewis. Prince, he stated to have 

 been captured near Lubutu on the eastern border of the 

 Belgian Congo. He was said to be an unusual type of 

 "blackface" chimpanzee about fourteen months old (August, 

 1923) weighing 19 pounds, approximately 2 feet 3 inches 

 standing height. Mary, Mr. Lewis reported as captured in 

 British West Africa up the Bonny River beyond Old Calabar. 

 He described her as a "whiteface" chimpanzee with broad 

 head, large, protruding hairless ears, aged about sixteen 

 months (August, 1923) weighing 18 pounds, and 2 feet 1 inch 

 standing height. The male, Mr. Lewis said he purchased on 

 shipboard at an English port. The female, he secured in 

 Africa. 



The animals were brought from New York by Mr. Lewis 

 and delivered to the writer at Concbrd, New Hampshire, 

 August 6, 1923. Then they were taken to Franklin, where 

 until late in September they were kept comfortably and to 

 their evident satisfaction on a New Hampshire farm. 



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