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tude ; the legs show a slight development of calf. It is smaller than 

 the Gorilla, with a much shorter body ; the head is proportionately 

 large, the face broad and flat, the brow less receding than the Gorilla's; 

 the nose is small, the mouth large with wrinkled lips. It has a pretty 

 thick coat of moderately long hair, which becomes longer on the cheeks 

 and the back of the head. The bare portions of the face are grayish- 

 brown, the hands and feet like brown leather, the lips a dull red. The 

 eyes are mild and soft, with a light-brown iris. 



The Chimpanzee is found not only in the forests of Upper and Lower 

 Guinea, but far in the interior of Africa. It usually lives in pairs and 

 families; sometimes five are seen together; seldom more than ten, unless 

 on some festive occasion, when as many as fifty assemble and amuse 

 themselves by screaming and drumming on the old tree trunks. They 

 build nests in the trees, and provide these nests with roofs to turn the 

 rain. Rarely more than two of such nests are found together. The 

 Chimpanzee is not a social ape. 



When at rest the Chimpanzee assumes a sitting position ; usually 

 when discovered it is standing erect, but as soon as it perceives itself 

 observed it drops on all fours and runs away, differing in this respect 

 from the Gorilla which boldly faces the intruder on his privacy. It is an 

 excellent climber and leaps from tree to tree with astonishing activity. 

 A family group is often seen; the parents sit beneath the shade of a tree, 

 eating and chattering, the little ones sport around and swing from bough 

 to bough. Their food is usually fruits, nuts, leaves, or the bananas which 

 the negroes plant in their cornfields. 



Of all the man-like apes, the Chimpanzee is the best known and the 

 most docile. Grandpret saw one that had been taught to attend to a 

 cooking-stove, and call the cook when it was hot enough. The same 

 ape worked with great intelligence on board ship, and hauled on, cast 

 loose or made fast the ropes with all the skill of a sailor. Brosse brought 

 a pair to Europe that ate at table, used a knife and fork, drank wine and 

 spirits, called the waiter when they wanted anything, and grew angry at 

 being neglected. The male had during a fit of sickness been bled by a 

 surgeon ; and ever afterwards when it felt indisposed, it held out its arm 

 for the lancet. Lieutenant Sayers had a young one which was human 

 enough to attempt suicide. On its master refusing to give it its favorite 

 food, bananas, it rushed with its head against the wail so violent!}- that 

 it fell backwards; it then mounted on a chest, extended its arms with a 



