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sugaring it, pouring it into a saucer, and waiting till it cools. 

 He has been trained also to the domestic service of man, as 

 he has been to man's companionship. He has been taught 

 to feed and attend a baker's oven-fire on board ship, to 

 act as galley fireman, regulating the temperature (Cassell, 

 Houzeau). 



A well-known female chimpanzee now dead of the 

 Zoological Gardens of London, f eats her egg with a spoon, 

 takes her grog daily, and it is said that, when on board ship, 

 she mixed the latter herself. She will lock and unlock a 

 door or drawer; will thread any needle. She cannot be 

 taken in [deceived] with the same thing twice/ She is 

 described as ' shaking hands in a very cordial manner with 

 some children. ... In taking her meals on the passage 

 home she used knife, fork, spoon, and drinking-cup with the 

 same ease as a human being ; and, with whatever food she 

 was supplied, she preferred using a fork or a spoon to convey 

 it to her mouth to holding it in her hands.' 



The chacma baboon has been taught to blow bellows and 

 to drive teams of waggon-horses (Baird). Other baboons 

 have acted as torch-bearers (Cassell), and were employed in 

 domestic service and as workmen or artisans by the ancient 

 Egyptians. Large apes are now regularly employed in the 

 Straits Settlements to pull cocoa-nuts, being l imported from 

 Acheen in batches like coolies, and are marched round the 

 plantations by their owners, who let them out on hire.' 

 They are ' said to select suitable fruit with great discrimina- 

 tion, and to twist the nut round and round until it falls.' * 



The commoner results of man's education of other animals 

 include the development of good behaviour, which involves 

 such qualities as 



a. Quietude. g. Sympathy. 



b. Obedience. h. Eespect. 



c. Self-control. i. Coolness or calmness. 



d. Docility. j. Industry. 



e. Honesty. If. Regularity. 

 /. Self-denial. 



Among the many practical advantages, or results, of 

 1 ' Scotsman,' February 11, 1875. 



