Il8 APES AND MONKEYS 



he tied the baby captive with a thong of bark, put him into 

 a canoe, and brought him away to the village. There he 

 supplied him with food and made him quite cosy. The 

 next day he was sold to a trader. About this time I passed 

 up the river on my way to the jungle in search of the 

 gorilla and other apes. Stopping at the station of the 

 trader, I bought the young chimpanzee and took him along 

 with me. We soon became the best of friends and con- 

 stant companions. 



It was supposed that the mother chimpanzee had left 

 her babe in the tree while she went off in search of food, 

 and had wandered so far away that she lost her bearings 

 and could not again find him. He appeared to have been 

 for a long time without food, and may have been crouching 

 there in the forks of that tree for a day or two ; but this 

 was only inferred from his hunger, as there was no way to 

 determine how long he had remained, or even how he got 

 there. 



I designed to bring Moses up in the way that good chim- 

 panzees ought to be brought up ; so I began to teach him 

 good manners, in the hope that some day he would be a 

 shining light to his race, and aid me in my work among 

 them. To that end I took great care of him, and devoted 

 much time to the study of his natural manners, and to 

 improving them as much as his nature would allow. 



I built him a neat little house within a few feet of 

 my cage. It was enclosed with a thin cloth, and at the 

 door I hung a curtain to keep out mosquitoes and other 

 insects. It was supplied with plenty of soft, clean leaves, 

 and some canvas bed-clothino-. It was covered over with 



