ZOO 
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NOTES. 
Described and Illustrated with Photographs by W. P. Davpo, F.z.s. 
Our readers will regret to 
hear of the death 
of one of the comic 
duettists, ‘Jim and 
Susan,’ the amusing pair of 
Chimpanzees which have 
delighted both young and 
old in the New Ape House. 
Poor little Susan, without 
any previous illness, has died 
from an internal displace- 
ment. In the two pictures 
reproduced above Susan is 
on the nght. I hope a com- 
panion will soon be found 
for Jim, or else his 
lonely existence may 
cause him to follow 
the example of the 
fine male Baboon 
(Cynocephalus hama- 
dryas), who, through 
sheer grief at the loss 
of his mate, has lately 
died. The female 
predeceased him last 
December, and the 
male, a splendid spe- 
cimen, with a very 
prominent mantle, 
soon showed signs of 
his grief, and during 
the first week or so of 
his widowerhood was 
even more ferocious 
Two 
Deaths. 
“She first deceased him. 
He for a little tried 
—Firom an epitaph onan old tombstone. 
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To live without her; 
Liked it not: 
so died.”’ 
than when taken up with 
the cares of matrimony. As 
the weeks elapsed his savage 
nature gradually calmed 
down until he became quite 
docile, and settled himself 
down in a corner of his cage 
and sulked and refused to 
eat. It is a fatal sign with 
ferocious animals when their 
nature visibly changes to 
a calm and placid mood, 
showing, as the keeper put 
it, that the animal has 
“oot the knock”; and this 
specimen literally laid 
down and died of grief. 
The loss is much to be 
regretted, as a more 
perfect specimen will 
be very difficult to 
find. ‘The two photo- 
graphs were the last 
ever taken of these 
baboons. It may be 
remembered that them 
portraits appeared in 
the first number of 
Anima Lirm. An in- 
teresting and touching 
chapter in the history 
of any zoo could be 
written of the broken 
hearts caused by the 
deaths of mates. 
