12 VERTEBRATA. MAMMALIA. 



though they are believed to subsist wholly on fruits, 

 the tusks of old males are as large as those of the 

 lion, and are truly formidable weapons, requiring a 

 hollow in the opposite jaw to receive them when 

 closed. 



The Chimpanzee described by Dr. Traill was a 

 young female, about thirty inches high. It was 

 clothed with long black hair, thickest behind and on 

 the head ; the ears much resembled the human, but 

 were proportionally broader, and remarkably promi- 

 nent ; the muzzle was large, and much protruded, 

 the face being concave ; when the arm was pendent, 

 the phalanges of the fingers, which were three inches 

 long, were below the knee ; the thumbs of the fore- 

 hands were small, but the feet had very long thumbs, 

 and were very powerful ; the legs were not destitute 

 of calves, but they had an odd appearance, being 

 nearly of equal thickness down to the heel. This 

 individual had been brought by Captain Payne from 

 the western coast of Africa, where the natives in- 

 formed him that the species not unfrequently attains 

 the height of five or six feet, proving a formidable 

 antagonist to the elephant, and associating in parties 

 to attack even the lion with stones and clubs. 

 " When our animal came on board," says the cap- 

 tain, " it shook hands with some of the sailors, but 

 refused its hand, with marks of anger, to others, 

 without any apparent cause. It speedily, however, 

 became familiar with the crew, except one boy, to 

 whom it was never reconciled. When the seamen's 



