TilE CHIMPANSEli. 



often makes terrible havoc among cultivated lands, robbing the plantations of 

 bananas or plantains, as soon as the fruit is ripe. 



Like most animals that herd together, even in limited nnmbers, the Chimpansees 

 have ever a watchful sentinel posted on the look-out, whose duty it is to guard 

 against the insidious approach of foes, and to give waniing if he sees, hears, or 

 smells, anything of a suspicious character. 



Should the sentinel a])e perceive a sign of danger, he sets up a loud cry, which 

 has been likened to tlie anguished scream of a man in sore distress. The other 



