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it for some time afterwards. Lately, when the 

 quarrels between the two became so frequent 

 and deadly that the authorities were afraid 

 they might do each other some mischief, it 

 was decided that they should be put into 

 separate cages, and there they have remained 

 for some time. 



But August, for many reasons, is rapidly 

 becoming the "star" of the primates' house 

 in the New York Zoological Park. Quick, 

 alert, spry, this little chimpanzee is one of 

 the most interesting, intelligent and amusing 

 little animals I have ever seen. He has for a 

 companion a little drill monkey who is as 

 opposite in many ways as he can be, and yet 

 the two are inseparable companions and do 

 the most extraordinary things together. 



August is a very little fellow, not much 

 bigger than the little drill monkey, but he 

 is nearly always to be seen carrying the 

 drill, not in his arms or on his back, but 

 clasped tightly to him; the drill wraps arms 

 and legs round his little friend and clings 

 to him as if for dear life. August will some- 



