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circulation than such books usually obtain, and in 

 death the honour of an obituary verse, which we give 

 below, from the 23en of Ben Brierley, one of Lanca- 

 shire's most honoured poets (' Consul I.,' 1892-93) : 



' " Hadst thou a soul " f I've pondered o'er thy fate 

 Full many a time : Yet cannot truly state 

 The result of my ponderings. Thou hadst ways 

 In many things like ours. Then who says 

 Thou'rt not immortal ? That no mortal knows, 

 Not e'en the wisest — he can but suppose. 



' 'Tis God alone knows where the " Missing Link " 

 Is hidden from our sight ; but, on the brink 

 Of that Eternal line where we must part 

 For ever, sundering heart from heart, 

 The truth shall be revealed ; but not till then — 

 The curtain, raised by the Almighty, when 

 Mankind must answer for the deeds of men.' 



Ben Brierley. 



Consul II. added the riding of a tricycle and bicycle to 

 his predecessor's accomplishments, but sad experience 

 warned his masters not to teach him the use of a key. 

 Teaching was usually required at first, but sometimes 

 he seemed to think for himself Another chimpanzee 

 at these Gardens, fastened in a double cage away from 

 the visitors, learned of his own accord that nuts 

 thrown to him (against the rules), if out of reach of 

 his hand, could be secured by i^ushing his blanket 

 over them and snatching it quickly back ; and with 

 very little demonstration he learned, too, that a 

 short stick could do similar service. He even had the 

 sense to use the short stick to reach a larger one, if 

 the nut were placed at a distance requiring its use, 



