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dinner table acted with gravity and decorum." In (iaptivity y(jung orangs 

 are affectionate as children and are fond of their human friends. At night 

 the wild orang makes a nest to sleep upon by breaking off leafy branches 

 and laying them crosswise in the forked top of a sapling, where it lies fiat 

 u])on its back, grasjjs the branch firmly in each hand and foot, and is rocked 

 to .sleep in the tree-top. 



Tlu' chimpanzee (Fiji;. 300) luis u " bruin, face, ears, and hands 

 more man-like tlian those of any other ape." Its face, ears, 

 hands, and feet an; naked. It lias a large brain and a higher 



Fig. 300. —The chimpanzee, variety Tshego. (From Hrehm's "Thierlebcn.") 



intellect than any of the Primat>(^s below man. It is bright and 

 cheerful and, having a good memory, is easily taught. The 

 young are affectionate, but the old males are dangerous. There 

 are at least two sp(^cies. They are natives of Afri(;a. Mated 

 pairs seem to remain together i)ermanently, and missionaries, 

 when they tried to tea(;h that ])olygamy was wrong, have been 

 told by the natives " that they (lid not wish to ])e lik(> apes." 

 They spend much time hiding in thickets in family groups, 

 sometimes gathering in such numb(>rs as to do considerable 

 damage to young bananas. They are crepuscular. They show 



