112 VOICE AND "language" OF CHIMPANZEES 



at times by sitting on the floor by one's chair and gently 

 taking one's hand; rarely, by holding it to her lips for a 

 moment, as though kissing it. 



She and Chim were taken into the open for air and sunshine 

 every fair day, and were often carried to and from their 

 play ground where Chim ventured some distance from us 

 to chmb the young birches. Panzee, however, wished to be 

 held, or at least to sit quite near to someone, seeming to be 

 fearful of the out-of-doors. 



To encourage her to climb, for she was much in need of 

 exercise, she was placed on a low branch of a tree, from which 

 modest height she protested with this charming phrase, 

 whose structure, as well as the quality of its tones, was very 

 lovely: 



-F^q ^q-^^-^^q *^^ zs^ 



ESi 



tJ 



ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh 



^^=^ 



t=:?=^=a^ 



139 ooh ooh ooh ooh 



On another day, when placed on the stone fence, she made 

 this appeal: 



S 



-i^ 



-^ 





j^pQ ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh - 



For the sake of exercise, when going for their outing one 

 day, she was not taken up as usual. An energetic expression 

 of disapproval came at once, in a new type of utterance, in 



