198 APES AND MONKEYS 



In the corner of the monkey house is a room set apart 

 for the keeper, and in this room supplies of food for the 

 inmates are kept. In a small cupboard in one corner is 

 kept a supply of bananas and other fruits. Consul knows 

 this and has tried many times to burglarize it. On one 

 occasion he secured a large screw-driver and attempted 

 to prise open the door. He found the resistance to be 

 greatest at the place where the door locked, and at this 

 point he forced the instrument in the crevice and broke 

 off a piece of the wood, about an inch wide, from the edge 

 of the door. At this juncture he was discovered and 

 reproved for his conduct ; but he never fails to stick his 

 fingers in this crack and try to open the door. He has 

 not been able to unlock it when the key is given him, 

 although he knows the use of the key and has often tried 

 it ; but his keeper has never imparted the secret to him, 

 and his method of using the key has been to prise with it or 

 pull it, instead of turning it after putting it in the keyhole. 



The young keeper, Mr. Webb, deserves great credit for 

 his untiring attention to this valuable young ape, and the 

 results of his zeal are worthy of the recognition of every 

 man who is interested in the study of animals. 



Another specimen that may be regarded as an inter- 

 mediate type was recently kept in Bellevue Gardens at 

 Manchester. He was playful and full of mischief. He 

 had been taught to use a stick or broom in fight, and with 

 such a weapon in his hand he would run all over the build- 

 ing, hunting some one to attack. He did not appear to be 

 serious in his assault, but treated it as fun. It is a bad 

 thing to teach to apes, because they grow pugnacious as 



