FOOT-HANDED AND HAND-WINGED VERTEBRATES. 38 



as the Chimpanzee can, for it is so bow-legged that the 

 soles of the feet turn in toward each other. Like the 

 Chimpanzee, it is great at climbing, in doing which its 

 long arms are very serviceable. When young it is very 

 teachable, and has been taught to make its own bed, and 

 to manage a cup and saucer and spoon tolerably well. 

 Both the Chimpanzee and the Orang-outang have a gra\ i 

 ty and apparent thoughtfulness which are quite laughable 



47. There are some smaller apes of an interesting char- 

 acter. The Agile Gibbon, so called from the agility with 

 which it leaps from branch to branch, is a native of Su- 

 matra. Its height is about three feet. A female of this 

 species was some time since exhibited in London. She 

 w r ould leap over a distance of eighteen feet, and catch 

 apples or nuts throw r n up to her as she passed. As she 

 leaped back and forth, which she did with great rapidity, 

 she uttered a very loud but musical cry. She was a tame 

 and gentle animal, and liked to be caressed. 



48. I will notice but two of the many species of mon- 

 keys of the Old World. The Entellus, Fig. 13, is found 

 in India. It preys upon serpents. In the attitude which 

 you see here it steals quietly upon the serpent while it is 



Fig. 13. Entellus. 



