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striking, notwithstanding the depressed nose and the projecting mouth." 

 The accuracy of this picture, in every respect, excepting the large eyes, 

 may be readily admitted. 



The subjoined figure (263) is a very spirited portrait of this individual, 

 taken during its life ; it well depicts the furrows of the lips and face, and 

 the expression and characters of the physiognomy. 



263 



Head of young Chimpanzee. 



In the various antics and sportful play of this lively little Chimpan- 

 zee, there was nothing of that brusquerie, and that restless quickness, which 

 are so observable in the actions of the Monkey ; nothing of that chat- 

 tering and grinning on every surprise ; and it is in these minutiae that 

 we recognise its superiority, and the approximation of its manners, 

 however distant, to those of the young of our own race. 



Farinaceous food, fruit, cooked meat, milk, &c. constituted the diet 

 upon which the interesting little Chimpanzee was fed. It was also fond of 

 tea, but refused wine, beer, and spirits. It was, certainly, amusing to 

 see the creature take a cup of milk, or tea, in its hand, and, as if in 

 imitation of our actions, sip the contents, and set down the cup with due 

 propriety. The Author has seen him apply his protruded lips to the 

 orifice which had been bored through the shell into a cocoa-nut, and thus 

 suck out the milk, holding up the fruit with both hands ; which, after 

 the juice was drained, he gently laid down. Sometimes, however, he 

 was less orderly. Mr. Broderip says : " I presented him with a cocoa- 

 nut, to the shell of which some of the husk was still adhering ; the tender 



