FAMILY SIMIAD-E. CHIMPANZEE. 



tliose who treat them kindlv, and seem to study to comprehend 

 the directions given to them. On the other hand, the Monkeys 

 are characterized bv cunning, petulance, caprice, and mischievous 

 curiositv ; their actions are tar more rapid than tliose of must of 

 the Apes, and are destitute of that gravity which marks the lat- 

 ter ; they are far from being as intelligent and cducable, and 

 display much less attachment to individuals. The Baboons a:v 

 much less amiable than either, and exhibit a sullen ferocity, to- 

 gether with a comparative absence of intelligence, which prevents 

 them from receiving any large measure of education, or from 

 being even properly reduced to subjection. 



148. The A])cx are principally confined to the Peninsula cf 

 Malacca, and the great islands of the Indian Ocean. One species, 

 the Chimpanzee, is a well-known inhabitant of Western Africa ; 

 and this is the one which presents the nearest approach to Man 



of the entire group. The structure 

 of its lower extremities enables it to 

 walk erect- with more firmness than 

 most of the Apes, but nevertheless 

 its whole organization indicates 

 arboreal habits. It feeds upon 

 fruits and nuts lives in small so- 

 cieties, and u.-ually constructs a 

 sort of ne.-t amongst the branches 

 of large trees. This has given rise 

 to the old stones of Apes that 

 built themselves huts and lived in 

 regular villages. When young, the 

 Chimpanzee is very tractable. Hut ' 

 no full-grown specimen has ever 

 been bi-ought alive to this country ; 

 and it is onlv within the last few 

 years, that even the dead body of 

 an adult has been scientifically ex- 

 . The height of a well-de- 

 bove f 



