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dinnor table acted with gravity and decorum." In captivity young orangs 

 are affectionate as children and are fond of their human friends. At night 

 the wild orang makes a nest to sleep upon by breaking off leafy branch..:s 

 and laying Ihem crosswise in the forked top of a sapling, where it lies fiat 

 upon its back, grasps the branch firmly in each hand and foot, and is rocked 

 to sleep in the tree-top. 



The chimpanzee (Fig. 300) has a " brain, face, ear.s, and hands 

 more man-hke than those of any other ape." Its face, ears, 

 hands, and feet are nakcfl. It has a large brain and a higher 





Fig. 300. — The chimpanzee, variety Tshego. (From Brehm's "Thierleben.") 



intellect than any of the Primates below man. It is bright and 

 cheerful and, having a good memory, is easily taught. The 

 young are affectionate, but the old males are dangerous. There 

 are at least two species. They are natives of Africa. Mated 

 pairs seem to remain together permanently, and missionaries, 

 when they tried to teach that polygamy was wrong, have been 

 told by the natives " that they did not wish to be like apes." 

 They spend much time hiding in thickets in family groups, 

 sometimes gathering in such numbers as to do considerable 

 damage to young bananas. They are crepuscular. They show 



