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occupy the same abode, but live in separate nests built in trees 

 not far apart. Their food is wild berries, and they build their 

 houses where they find these. When they have consumed all 



THE NSHIEGO OR NEST-BUILDING APE. 



that a particular spot affords, they remove and build new houses, 

 so that a nest is not inhabited for more than eight or ten days. 

 Du Chaillu and his guide traveled with great caution, not to 



