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bud was beginning to push forth ; this he immediately bit off and ate. 

 He then stripped off some of the husk with his teeth, swung it, by the 

 adhering knot of husk-fibres, round his head, dashed it down, and 

 repeatedly jumped upon it with all his weight. He afterwards swung it 

 about, and dashed it down with such violence, that, fearing his person 

 might suffer, I had it taken away. A hole was afterwards bored through 

 one of the eyes, and the cocoa-nut was again given to him. He imme- 

 diately held it with the aperture downward, and applied his mouth to 

 it." It is, doubtless, by thus violently dashing down this fruit, after 

 stripping the fibrous covering, by means of its strong teeth, that the adult 

 Chimpanzee fractures the shell, which he then wrenches in pieces, to 

 obtain the kernel. The young animal in question failed in doing what 

 he would have easily effected when grown up ; but he exemplified the 

 manner of doing it. 



Like most animals in a reclaimed state, the Chimpanzee had his 

 favourites : among these was the cook (for he was kept in the kitchen, 

 where the meals of the keepers were dressed), and also the person appointed 

 to take immediate charge of him. On their approach he testified the 

 most unequivocal signs of pleasure ; he recognised even their footsteps, 

 and watched for them with evident impatience ; the moment he saw 

 them, he would pout his lips, utter a low sound of satisfaction, and, if at 

 liberty, at once make toward them, climb upon them, and com- 

 mence a fondling, sportful play. The cook, indeed, sometimes found 

 the little creature's attachment troublesome ; for it was difficult to dis- 

 engage herself from him ; and, if not prevented, he would go about the 

 place with her, holding by her gown, like a child. On one occasion, he 

 opened the lattice-window of the kitchen, and was seen looking very 

 composedly about him, as if in admiration of the novelties offered to his 

 view. On the supposition that he might escape into the garden, and not 

 be induced, without some difficulty, to return, he was ordered to come 

 away (for he felt the force of a command, from the tone in which it is 

 uttered) ; and he not only obeyed, but closed the window, and descended 

 to his attendant. 



The Monkey tribe have, as is well-known, a horror of the larger 

 kinds of Snakes ; the Pythons, for example, to which they often fall a 

 prey. It was considered worth the trial to ascertain whether, in an animal 

 so young, and which, most probably, had never seen a formidable Snake, 

 this feeling was fairly displayed. Accordingly, under the direction of 

 Mr. Broderip, a Python was so placed that the Chimpanzee should come 

 upon it unawares ; on seeing it, the poor animal shrunk back with 

 terror, and hastened to his keeper for protection ; nothing would tempt 

 him to approach the dreaded object ; nor, when the lid of the basket, in 

 which the Snake lay coiled, was closed, and an apple was placed upon 



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