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THE HIGHER ANTHROPOIDS 



In anv c'\HMit, the writt-r had the honor about a year ago ot bcinti; nnitecl 

 to take aftt'inoon tea w ith John Daniel 11 w ho w as then residing in a line suite 

 of rooms in a I'ashionable New \'ork hoteh On this occasion the host was 



CouTlesy, American Musium o) Natural History 



FIGS. 284 AND 287. CASTS OF HAND AND FOOT OF THE COKILLA, JOHN DANIEL. 



found seated in a eoinloitable and thoi-oughl\ human lashion Lipon a ehau', 

 surrounded b\ c|uite a gathering of seientilie authorities, interested bom one 

 point of \iew or another in xhv beha\ ior oi' anthrnpoicLs. \\ ith nuieh gra\ ity 

 and apparent enio\nient, he drank from a cup ol ti-a. Presently he indicated 

 a desire for more of this beverage of which lu' would drink large ciuantities 

 if permitted to do so. During the course of tlu' usual annMiities ot the occasion, 

 when, for the moment, the gorilla was not the actual center ol attention, 

 he suddenlv dashed across \hv room with unl)elii'\ able swiltness and 

 attacked one of his \isilors with repeated, rapid blows ot both lists, m the 

 neighborhood of the solar plexus; then, w ith ecjual celerity, he liopped over 



