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MONKEYS 



THE manlike apes, the mighty gorilla and chim- 

 panzee, which have long been known to inhabit 

 equatorial West Africa, were also found living in the 

 forests of the western frontier districts of German East 

 Africa. 



Pere Guilleme, who lived for many years near Lake 

 Tanganyika, told me, in 1899, that the chimpanzee, 

 called "soko" by the natives, inhabits the virgin for- 

 ests of the Mzaua mountain, west of the lake. Speci- 

 mens of this "soko" w^ere lately discovered in the lake 

 region of German East Africa, and a gorilla was not 

 long ago found near the Kivu Lake in German East 

 Africa. Professor Matschie called it in honor of its 

 discoverer, Captain von Beringe, {Gorilla henngei) . 



In the larger part of German East Africa, in particular 

 on the Masai highland which I explored, neither the 

 gorilla nor the chimpanzee are found. It is, however, 

 one of my dreams that I may be able some day to 

 study the habits of these manlike apes in their native 

 haunts. The stories told of them by early travellers 



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