"SALLY' 1 AND "CONSUL" 



favourite of the public, "Consul," has achieved much 

 literary notoriety. The chimpanzee is perhaps the only 

 anthropoid ape of which specimens are pretty certain 

 to be found in the New Ape House. Probably two or 

 three will be on view to the reader of these lines. But 

 the gorilla is much less patient in captivity besides 

 being more hard to obtain. There have, in fact, been 

 only five examples of this fierce anthropoid ever 

 exhibited in Regent's Park. The first specimen of 

 the chimpanzee ever exhibited appears to have been 

 acquired so long ago as 1836. This chimpanzee 

 created great excitement in London, and evoked verses 

 from that excellent rhymester and lampoonist, Theodore 

 Hook. " The folks in town," he wrote, " are nearly 

 wild 



To go and see the monkey child, 



In gardens of Zoology, 



Whose proper name is Chimpanzee. 



To keep this baby free from hurt, 



He's dressed in a cap and Guernsey shirt ; 



They've got him a nurse and he sits on her knee, 



And she calls him her Tommy Chimpanzee. 



Hook (Tory, it will be remembered) goes on to describe 

 visits paid to this celebrity by Lord John Palmers ton, 

 and ministers generally. " Sally " who succeeded, 

 longo intervallo in point of time but not popularity, 

 caused almost as great a furore as did the elephant 

 Jumbo on his departure. This latter ape, in fact, 

 illustrated excellently well one of the main differences 

 between the gorilla and the chimpanzee. The chim- 

 panzee is playful, even malicious, and quite teachable. 

 The gorilla is sullen, gloomy, ferocious, and quite un- 

 tamable. Anyone who has ever seen a gorilla at the 

 Zoo will realize this intellectual difference between the 

 two men monkeys. The gorilla, as du Chaillu truly 

 said, though he was contradicted by persons not knowing 

 much about the matter, beats its breast when angry. 



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