CHAPTER VII. 



FAMOUS CHIMPANZEES 



Polly, Soko, August, Sally, Consul, 

 Kruger. 



SINCE the death of Dohong, the orang- 

 utan, Polly the chimpanzee, who was 

 his companion in the New York Zoological 

 Park for nearly four years, seems likely to 

 lose part of her popularity to a newcomer, 

 August, a young chimpanzee who was named 

 after the month in which he arrived at the 

 Gardens. 



Polly always attracted a great deal of 

 notice, not only by her many peculiarities of 

 temper and disposition, but also by her pro- 

 nounced manner of appreciating any atten- 

 tion on the part of the public. For Polly, 

 like most chimpanzees— and I have had many 

 opportunities to study them — most undoubt- 

 edly plays to an audience. I have watched 

 her many a time do the same things over 



