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the-woods—the Orang—which had filtered to Europe through 
India and the Levant, and the Arab sea-berne trade from Sumatra ; 
but Pongo is an African word originally applied to the Chimpanzee, 
and in all probability derived from the Bantu dialects of Angola, 
south of the Congo. The proper spelling of this word is Miponee, 
and it is a root which, in varying forms, is found in a number ot 
Bantu dialects and languages in Western and Equatorial Africa, 
and used to indicate either a chimpanzee or a big baboon*. I have 
not got access to various old books at the time of writing, but I 
think I am correct in saying that English and Dutch travellers on 
the West Coast of Africa in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries 
referred to the Chimpanzee as ‘‘ Pongo.” I also fancy that the 
same allusion and the same name are made use of by Buffon. As 
in zoological nomenclature the preference is for the adoption of a 
Latin or Greek name, it is a pity to introduce into our lists a 
barbarous word in preference to one derived from either of the 
classical languages. But when in addition an African word is 
taken as the name of an Hast Asiatic genus, then the choice is 
singularly inappropriate. 
= Tt may be of interest to add the names for “Chimpanzee” in a number of 
African languages, mostly collected by myself :— 
LANGUAGE. DISTRICT. WorpD FoR CHIMPANZEE. 
ILE sdgoneiscoocn vesdodenbooa | SHS IVAOS socconcoocaspsnconseasonccs  uRaanien (KG ns Gig 
prefix). 
Vai. sonosoode sadanbecooupl) NAVGRtEGIN WURLRE) ” —Sossusadedadcoesoogs | a!Dutloe 
Busi oo cccccccscsessese. North-western Liberia .. : Guru. 
JHGRMWDGO 00 ona necaconcn North of Sierra Leone, "Liberia, Iburu. 
and Ivory Coast. 
GO WeSta ree eee an COntral Palberialerrt se Ibulu. 
(GROIRD cooesosocebosysesescouen) tela Jems liner, VW est Central Onyi. 
Le Liberia. e 
Basauand eens Coast ol Centraluluibertares sees Ibe. | 
Kru and Grebo............ Southern Liberia ..................... Tuawe 
JZOP DIN: sonocosonboccoo scones LUMTSBOP QE IVES oho cen: ww ane Obo. 
Tjo languages............... Brass, Bonny, “Niger Weltay eo: Tele. 
LED OMe en eons sen eash (LOWE NIGER derek a ne ee Ozodimbas 
ED Ulcer ere ae ere eae Old Calabar .o.cccccceccseeeis Idiok. 
aaa ies fete vi } Lower Crosspiveriee cee rcs Enop or Enowi. 
INKG ow ........10...s....... Extreme Upper Cross River ......  Boki. 
Mbudikum ............... Sources of Cross River, N.E. of Apu or Epfu. 
Cameroons. 
Barondo and Isubu...... North Cameroons Coast ............ Ewaka. 
WG XORGAHD caonadvaanedanccay “ERIKOOIN nosnnogaoacscaconsveonsadocasages ANIA TERD GING! ING NEEKO)s 
also Nkulu. 
TON GO conn sse tee ees Lower Congo and Congo Coast .... Mpongi. 
Kimbundu .................. Angola (south of Lower Congo) ... _Mpongo. 
[x*, The origin of 
the name “ Pongo,’ 
of Buffon and others. | 
Kiwemba [or me Bemba ... South-west of Tanganyika ......... Koroe. 
Ki-guhea .. ee Westbancanyikaeanenressasasos elolires 
Kabwari ............... North-west an canyalkay ere secees Soko. 
Manyema .................. West of Tanganyika and extreme Soko. 
Upper Congo. 
Ruande ..................... North of Tanganyika ..............,_ Enjangwe. 
Kifipa veces Hast Coast, Tanganyika ........... Isike. 
DLu-ganda@ .................. West and North Coast of Victoria Edzike or Izike. 
Nyanza. 
