CHIMPANZEE 



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CHINA 



abreast, and they are about 175 feet in length. 

 The difference between a chimney and a smoke- 

 stack is in name only; chimneys constructed 

 of tubing made from iron plates are usually 

 called stacks. WJ.R. 



covered with coarse, long, black hair. When 

 full grown the animal is sometimes five feet 

 high. It does not often stand erect, but usually 

 supports itself in an upright position by its 

 long forearms. A wanderer in habit, the chim- 

 panzee lives in dense jungles, where it climbs 

 to the tops of the trees, eating soft fruits, in- 

 sects and birds' eggs. At night its loud, terrific, 

 long-drawn cries can sometimes be heard for a 

 mile or more. The chimpanzee has many 

 human characteristics; it is lively, playful and 

 quite easily tamed. The two most noted chim- 



THE CHIMPANZEE AT EASE 



CHIMPANZEE, chim pan' zee, or chimpan 

 zee' , a large manlike African ape, of the same 

 genus as the gorilla. Its face and hands are 

 flesh-colored, or yellowish, the teeth beauti- 

 fully white, the ears very large. The body is 



ITS HAND AND FOOT 



panzees which have been tamed, exhibited and 

 studied, are "Sally" of the London Zoo, and 

 "Johanna" of Barnum and Bailey's show of 

 1899. Wonderful stories are told of their ex- 

 ploits. See APE; GORILLA. 



THE STORY OF CHINA 



'HINA, the largest country of Asia, 

 and one of the oldest on the globe that still 

 exists as a nation. Long before Rome was 

 founded, it is believed, China was a flourish- 

 ing nation, with its arts, its government and 

 its peculiar family traditions well established. 

 Through all the centuries until the nineteenth 

 it remained a shrouded nation, shut off from 

 intercourse with other peoples; even to-day it 

 is probably the. least understood of all the 

 nations, and most of the statistics which are 



given for it are little more than estimates. For 

 thousands of years a monarchy of the most 

 absolute type, for nearly four years a republic, 

 at least in name, then by a sharp reaction, a 

 monarchy, then reverting to the republic again, 

 such has been the history of this country 

 which is called by its own people Chunghua, 

 meaning Flower of the Middle. 



Location and Size. China comprises the 

 southeastern part of Asia, and its area of 

 4,376,400 square miles comprises somewhat 



