382 QUADRUMANA. 



hopes were, however, frustrated by its death, in September, 1836. (See 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. April 12, 1836, p. 41, et seq.) 



In the Zool. Proceedings for 1835 (p. 160, et seq.\ will be found an 

 account of the habits of this individual, by W. J. Broderip, Esq. ; some 

 observations by the Author of this work, also, appeared in the Penny 

 Magazine for February 13, 1836, accompanied by a very tolerable 

 wood-engraving, erroneous only as representing the hair of the fore-arms 

 directed forward, instead of being reverted to the elbow. 



On entering the room in which the Chimpanzee was kept, the first 

 thing that struck the attention of visitors, was its aged appearance, and 

 its resemblance to an old, bent, diminutive Negro. This appearance of 

 age was much increased by a spare beard of short white hairs, which 

 was spread over the muzzle, and by the deep wrinkles which furrowed 

 the cheeks. It was not until being informed of its age, which, as proved 

 by its dentition, was, in all probability, about two years and a half, that a 

 person, ignorant of the natural history of the Chimpanzee, would have 

 considered this specimen in the light of an infant ; its actions, however, 

 were those of a child, capable of running about and amusing itself; 

 lively and playful, yet neither mischievous nor petulant ; it was alive to 

 everything which took place about it, and examined every object within 

 its reach, with an air so considerate and thoughtful as to create a smile 

 on the face of the gravest spectator. In its cage, or den, to which it 

 was occasionally restricted, was a swing, upon which it delighted to 

 exercise, throwing itself into a variety of attitudes, which at once be- 

 spoke its security and its fitness for the waving branches of the forest. 

 Sometimes it would stand in the swing, grasping the rope by its hind feet, 

 and holding by one hand ; then it would swing suspended by one foot, or 

 hand, or throw itself over the rope in an easy and frolicsome summerset. 

 When tired with this play, it would roll about the floor, or climb the bars, 

 or run hobbling about, which it did very quickly, generally assisting itself 

 by resting the knuckles of the two first fingers of the hands on the ground, 

 to do which, it stooped its shoulders a little forward ; it could, however, 

 and did, frequently, walk upright (the limbs being somewhat bowed and 

 straddling), and independently of the assistance of the arms, except as 

 balancers. Its pace was a sort of waddle, and not performed, as in Man, by 

 a series of steps, in which the ankle-joint is brought into play at each suc- 

 cessive step, the heel being elevated, and the body resting on the toes ; on 

 the contrary, the foot was raised at once, and set down at once, in a 

 thoroughly plantigrade manner, as in stamping ; an action, which it 

 often exhibited, first with one foot, for some time, then with the other ; 

 sometimes with both, in alternate strokes ; at other times with one only. 

 Mr. Broderip says : He leaped upon the top of a cage, in which were 

 some Marmozets ; and, when there, continued jumping furiously, evi- 



