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appear to be the fruits he most appreciates. Its dexterity in 

 captivity in eating from utensils of civilised life is particularly 

 remarkable, as Dr. Falkenstein records of a Gorilla he had 

 alive for a considerable period. " He took up every cup or 

 glass with instinctive care, clasped the vessel with both hands, 

 and set it down again so softly and carefully that I cannot 



remember his breaking a single article He drank 



by suction, stooping over the vessel without even putting his 

 hands into it or upsetting it, and in the case of smaller vessels 



he carried them to his mouth When he was 



anxious to obtain anything, no child could have expressed its 

 wishes in a more urgent and caressing manner." When he 

 was refused anything he had recourse to cunning, and looked 

 anxiously to see if he was watched, and it was "impossible not 

 to recognise a deliberate plan and careful calculation." When 

 he had done what he had been forbidden or prevented from 

 doing, " his whole behaviour made it clear that he was conscious 

 of transgressing." The Gorilla is said by Dr. Savage to be very 

 filthy in its habits, but Dr. Falkenstein's observations disagree 

 with this statement. On this point the latter says "his cleanli- 

 ness was remarfcable." 



The Gorilla generally adopts a squatting position, with its 

 arms folded across its breast. When asleep he lies stretched 

 out at full length on his back or side, with one arm under his 

 head. 



The Gorilla is very delicate, and rarely lives long in captivity, 

 even in his own land. 



THE CHIMPANZEES. GENUS ANTHROPOPITHECUS. 

 Anthropopithecus, De Blainville, Legons Orales (1839). 

 Troglodytes (nee V.), Geoffr., Ann. Mus., xix., p. 87 (1812). 



