200 APES AND MONKEYS 



they grow older, and all animals kept closely confined 

 acquire a bad temper. 



In an adjoining cage was kept a young orang, and the 

 two ate at the same table. The chimpanzee appeared to 

 entertain a species of contempt for the orang. The keeper 

 had taught him to pass the bread to. his neighbor, but he 

 obeyed with such reluctance that his manner betrayed 

 more disgust than kindness. A few small pieces of bread 

 were placed on a tin plate, and the kulu was required to 

 lift the plate in his hand and offer it to the orang before 

 he himself was allowed to eat. He would lift the plate a 

 few inches above the table and hold it before the orang' s 

 face ; when the latter had taken a piece of the bread, the 

 chimpanzee withdrew the plate, held it for a moment, and 

 dropped it. Meanwhile he kept his eyes fixed on the 

 orang. The manner in which he dropped the plate looked 

 as if he did so in contempt. When the meal was finished, 

 the kulu would drink his milk from a cup, wipe his mouth 

 with the serviette, and then get down from the table. The 

 orang would slowly climb down and go back to his cage. 

 We shall not describe the details of their home life, but 

 they were two jollv young bachelors, one of which was as 

 stupid as the other was bright. 



The specimens that were kept in the Gardens in New 

 York were verv fine. One of them was mentally equal 

 to any other specimen hitherto in captivity. There were 

 two kept in the Cincinnati Gardens which were also very 

 fine. So far as I am aware, there have never been but 

 nine of these apes brought to America ; but six of these lived 

 longer, and four of them grew to be larger, than any other 



