264 MENTAL LIFE OF APES AND MONKEYS 
his stick in between the wall and the box, showing that he 
was quite aware of the way in which he had to push it.” 
Jimmy, like the Professor, learned to use a stick with which 
to draw in objects, and he also learned to use a short stick in 
order to reach a larger one with which he could obtain 
his food. “If stick and fruit were both too far from him, 
he would try to help himself by pulling the whole board on 
which they lay toward him; and he seemed quite clear as to 
the necessity of getting the stick beyond the thing that he 
was pulling. If it lay just on his side of the apple or nut 
he would be careful not to knock the apple away, but to 
get the stick well beyond it.” 
Jimmy’s resourcefulness in attaining his ends was often 
quite remarkable. Given a child’s skipping rope with 
which to obtain a piece of bread placed outside his cage he 
made a cast at it with the wooden handle and finally drew 
it within reach. After this he would use a cord and then a 
wire for a similar purpose. Says Hobhouse, “I put a piece 
of onion ina basket within reach of hisstick. After first refus- 
ing any effort, he tried to reach it with the stick, and failed. 
In reaching toward it, he found the big box (one of Jack’s 
boxes, which he also used) lying across his chain, and pre- 
venting his reaching forward. He threw the box off. Hav- 
ing failed with the stick, he will not try it again, but makes 
wild efforts to throw the rope. Then he actually rolls the 
box at the food; then goes off and gets the dust sheet from 
the chair and tries unskilfully to sweep at it; finally makes a 
longer stretch, and just reaches it with his own claw.” 
Jimmy also learned to use a chair or a box in order to get 
objects otherwise out of reach. An onion was placed on 
top of a table and his chain was adjusted so that he could 
reach the table, but not the onion. After he was allowed to 
reach the latter by using a box which was placed so that he 
