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YOUNG 
CHIMPANZEES, 
Animal Life 
there is an enormous deal of bluster in the 
attack, which rapidly turns to a whimpering 
retreat if boldly met. A person who thus 
stands his ground and turns on his chim- 
panzee aggressor—delivering smart boxes on 
its ears or slaps on its back—ywill soon find 
that he has a whimpering, hunched-up 
creature before him, crying lke a child, and 
actually not attempting to bite or scratch 
its castigator. Once friends with any human 
being the chimpanzee would be the most 
delightful pet in the world if its habits were 
From a Photograph. 
(YOUNG CHIMPANZUE. 
not so uncleanly. It is far less mischievous 
than the baboon or monkey, and can be 
very quickly taught everything connected 
with good behaviour but cleanly habits. 
Failure in this direction was the only thing 
which blighted my success with a charming 
chimpanzee that I once kept in the Vice- 
Consulate at the Cameroons. I might safely 
trust this creature in my drawing room ; 
he would never think of taking wp unbidden 
a teacup or glass or plate; but, alas! he 
could never be got to understand the require- 
ments of civilization under the head of what 
is politely termed “sanitary arrangements.” 
