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Panzee sat in the sunshine with a look of benignant calm 

 on her face; she was usually contented when Chim was 

 happily engaged. Suddenly he dashed upon her, and drag- 

 ging her bodily to the edge of the sand, pushed her in. She 

 uttered this musical protest: 



242 oon - - - - - ooh ooh 



Chim could be quiet, and often was so; but he was worthy 

 of close observation at such a time. His face was likely to 

 take on a sudden look of purpose that was as suddenly put 

 into action. 



On one occasion he had been sitting for a few moments 

 looking fixedly toward a rise in the ground a few yards away. 

 It was a familiar spot where grew some isolated bunches of 

 early golden-rod, three or four tall stalks in each bunch. 

 Suddenly he dashed toward them, galloping so rapidly with 

 his peculiarly irregular gait that he almost lost his balance. 

 On reaching the plants, he broke off a tall bunch with one 

 quick motion of the hand, placed it in his mouth, and galloped 

 back, laying it neatly on the ground where we, with Panzee, 

 sat looking on. This he repeated a number of times, finally 

 biting the stalks off directly with his teeth and holding them 

 firmly in the same horizontal position as he returned — an 

 improvement in technique worthy of^note in so young a pri- 

 mate. 



On another morning we had gone to a more distant field 

 where the scene was new to the chimpanzees. The ledges 

 converged in such a way as to form a considerable depression, 

 and Panzee was lying beside Miss M. enjoying the sunshine. 



