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of the abscess. I resolved to perform the operation. Seated on the knees 

 of his keeper, the ape bent his head backwards and kept it quietly in that 

 position. The incision was quickly made; the creature neither shrunk 

 nor cried. Some thin purulent matter was pressed out, and his breathing 

 was relieved. An unmistakable expression of pleasure and comfort 

 spread over his face; he stretched out his hand to mine, and warmly 

 embraced his keeper. The wound in the neck soon healed, but the 

 inflammation of the lungs increased. He willingly and obedientl}- took 

 all the medicines prescribed for him, and displayed great gentleness and 

 patience during his last hours. He died as a man dies." 



A couple of Chimpanzees which were kept at the Jardin d'Acclimata- 

 tion of Paris excited great attention. The following account of the 

 behavior of the survivor is by an eye-witness : 



" I have had an ' interview ' with the most interesting widower that 

 it has been my lot to meet in Paris. His poignant sorrow for his departed 

 spouse and his deep affection for the baby she left behind called forth my 

 warmest sympathy. This broken-hearted widower is a captive. His 

 prison is an iron cage. He seems resigned to his lot, and seeks consola- 

 tion in rendering kind offices to his little one, and in caressing it. The 

 widower is a powerfully-built individual, eight feet high, and has most 

 formidable fists, which he shuts like a prize-fighter. I do not exaggerate 

 when I say that a comparison between his forehead and the foreheads 

 of those who come to stare at him is not to their advantage. His cranium 

 is nobly developed, being well arched at the top, and full in the anterior 

 region.- But the nose is flat, and the mouth and chin are prognate. You 

 have already divined that I am speaking about the Chimpanzee at the 

 Jardin d'Acclimatation and his bereaved baby, which sleeps with its 

 head on the papa's arm, and keeps its own arm round his neck when 

 it is awake. The senior animal, who has the advantage over his 

 masters of having thumbs on his feet, has a trick of doubling the 

 blanket which has been given him, and tucking it under the poor 

 orphan. When weary of playing with a silky monkey, which has 

 been turned into the cage to amuse the babe, it lies down to slumber. 

 The father's eyes fill with tears as he watches the young thing, who 

 seems to understand his imhappy position and to be in close sym- 

 pathy with him. The female died eight days after the infant's birth. 

 Her husband grew violent from despair when her corpse was thrown 

 overboard, and he was placed upon low diet to weaken the prodigious 



