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male remaining behind, she soon returned to the rescue. 

 She ascended and took him in her arms, at which moment 

 she was shot, the ball passing through the fore-arm of the 

 young one, on its way to the heart of the mother. .... 



" In a recent case, the mother, when discovered, re- 

 mained upon the tree with her offspring, watching intently 

 the movements of the hunter. As he took aim, she mo- 

 tioned with her hand, precisely in the manner of a human 

 being, to have him desist and go away. "When the wound 

 has not proved instantly fatal, they have been known to 

 stop the flow of blood by pressing with the hand upon the 

 part, and when they did not succeed, to apply leaves and 



grass "When shot, they give a sudden screech, 



not unlike that of a human being in sudden and acuto 

 distress." 



" The ordinary voice of the Chimpanzee, however, is 

 affirmed to be hoarse, guttural, and not very loud, some- 

 what like ' whoo-whoo.' " (1. c. p. 365.) 



The analogy of the Chimpanzee to the Orang, in its 

 nest-building habit and in the mode of forming its nest, is 

 exceedingly interesting ; while, on the other hand, the ac- 

 tivity of this ape, and its tendency to bite, are particulars 

 in which it rather resembles the Gibbons. In extent of 

 geographical range, again, the Chimpanzees which are 

 found from Sierra Leone to Congo remind one of the 

 Gibbons, rather than of either of the other man-like apes ; 

 and it seems not unlikely that, as is the case with the Gib- 

 bons, there may be several species spread over the geograph- 

 ical area of the genus. 



The same excellent observer, from whom I have bor- 

 rowed the preceding account of the habits of the adult 

 Chimpanzee, published, fifteen years ago,* an account of 



* Notice of the external characters and habits of Troglodytes Gorilla. Bos- 

 ton Journal of Natural History, 1847. 



