ANTHROPOID APES. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ACQUAINTANCE WITH 

 ANTHROPOID APES.* 



Our first acquaintance with the great anthropoid 

 apes dates from the times of remote antiquity. The 

 West Coast of Africa, which is the abode of 

 these animals, was known to the Carthaginians as 

 early as B.C. 500. In B.C.. 470 Hanno set out with 

 sixty fifty-oared galleys, laden with colonists and 

 merchandise, on a grand expedition across Morocco 

 to Upper Guinea. The object in view was partly 

 mercantile, partly undertaken with the purpose of 

 establishing a colony. It seems that at that time 

 pioneering expeditions had previously taught them 

 how far the coast was adapted for colonization. 

 The Carthaginians met with ^' gorillai" on the 

 lower range of the mountains of the Isle of Sherboro, 



* A list of the numerous authorities for th.e substance of this 

 chapter is placed at the end of the volume. 



