268 ANTHROPOID APES. 



hand to some of the sailors, and remained on good 

 terms with the whole crew, including the cabin-boy. 

 When the sailors were at meals the ape regularly 

 appeared, and begged for her portion. When angry 

 she made a baying noise like a dog, and on another 

 occasion she wailed like a spoiled child, scratching 

 herself vehemently. She was lively and cheerful in 

 warm regions, but the nearer the vessel approached to 

 northern latitudes the more inert she became, and was 

 glad to wrap herself in a warm coverlet. She seemed 

 uneasy in an upright position, and when she assumed 

 it she rested her hands on her thighs. Her hands 

 were very strong, and she could hold on to a cord and 

 swing for a long while without interruption. She 

 gradually acquired a taste for wine, and once stole 

 a bottle and uncorked it with her teeth. She was 

 fond of coffee and sweetmeats, ate with a spoon, drank 

 from a glass, and took pleasure in imitating the be- 

 haviour of men. She was attracted by shining metals, 

 pleased with articles of clothing, and often put on 

 a hat. She was unclean, and of a timid disposition. 

 According to the account of Captain G-randpre, a 

 female chimpanzee on board his vessel would heat 

 the oven, taking care that no coals fell out, and 

 carefully watching until it was of the right heat, of 

 which she would inform the baker. She fulfilled all 

 the duties of a sailor, such as drawing up the anchor, 

 furling and making fast the sails. She patiently 

 endured maltreatment by a brutal mate, stretching 

 out her hands imploringly to ward ofif his blows. 

 But after tliis she refused all food, and died in five 

 days of grief and hunger. 



