4 Apes. 



" all the joints bear an exact resemblance to those 

 of a man, insomuch that one egg cannot be more 

 like unto another; the fingers, thumbs, and toes 

 are an exact representation of those of a human 

 creature, and he has calves in the same manner/' 

 She is very intelligent and well educated ; so well 

 educated, indeed, that one is apt to forget that 

 many of her actions are not natural to her, but are 

 the result of education. As a noticeable example, 

 how many, we wonder, who see her fed are aware 

 that she does not take her food in a perfectly 

 natural manner ? Yet if they observe the young 

 and uneducated apes in the next cage they will 

 see that, instead of lifting the tin containing their 

 milky food to their mouths as she does, they stoop 

 down and take the food from the tin on the 

 ground. 



" Sally " also uses a spoon with such dexterity 

 that even this action seems natural to her, and, 

 like the chimpanzee described by Dr. Brookes, she 

 will, " when she has done drinking, wipe her mouth 

 as carefully as any person whatever." Her educa- 

 tion has, however, not been confined to table 

 manners; in fact, they are among the least of her 

 accomplishments, the greatest of which is that she 

 is able to count up to five, picking up and handing 

 to her keeper, without mistake, the number of 

 straws that he may ask for. Her method of pro- 

 ceeding is curious, as she puts all the straws in her 

 mouth, with the exception of the last one. For 

 example, if she is asked for five, she puts four in 



