THE CHIMPANZEE 47 



gunshots and darts by leaping from branch to branch until 

 he finally escaped with his precious spoil. 



Of all the greater apes, the Chimpanzee is the most 

 human in appearance and intelligence, and if properly 

 treated and trained it exhibits great docility. When young 

 it is teachable, affectionate, and playful to a remarkable 

 degree, but with age it becomes morose and increasingly 

 savage. 



As it endures our climate better than the other Anthro- 

 poid apes, the Chimpanzee in captivity has given us fair 

 opportunities of observing some of its characteristic 

 habits. ' Tommy ' was a fine and nearly full-grown animal 

 who met his death in the great fire at the Crystal Palace in 

 1866. 'Jane,' an inmate of Sanger's Menagerie, was most 

 popular with the spectators, and her keeper declared that 

 she could do everything but talk. Greediness is usually a 

 marked feature of the monkey tribe, but Jane would return 

 a biscuit or a piece of cake if she were not hungry. A new 

 set of teeth caused her much inconvenience and pain, and 

 one tooth had to be removed to afford relief. The dental 

 operation was performed with a piece of stick, and after- 

 wards, whenever troubled with toothache, Jane would select 

 a stout straw, break it off to the required length, and then 

 present it to her keeper that he might again act as surgeon 

 dentist. She eventually succumbed to the north-east winds 

 and defective teething, the latter of which is always the 

 scourge of wild animals in captivity. 



All monkeys have an instinctive dread of cold, and the 

 Chimpanzee easily learns to appreciate the utility of textile 

 coverings. It will wear clothing with the utmost gravity, 

 and takes a positive delight in a new garment, going to the 

 length of destroying an old one to prevent the possibility of 

 an exchange for the worse. So-called educated Chimpanzees 

 will wear the clothing of a man, even to collar and tie, will 

 sit at table to a varied meal, and will lie in bed between 

 blankets and sheets with as little restlessness as is exhibited 

 by the average child. These show animals, however, have 

 little claim to real intelligence. They only go through what 

 at best are their tricks while under the watchful eye of a 

 trainer. The cleverest ape would no more dream of using 



