246 APES AND MONKEYS 



Nubia, while on a voyage home from Africa. Both ani- 

 mals belonged to Captain Button, and from him I learned 

 of the incident. Gorillas have no fixed hours for eating, 

 but the}' usually eat in the early morning or the late after- 

 noon. In a few instances I have seen them refuse meat. 

 They are perhaps less devoted to eating flesh than the 

 chimpanzee is. 



In the act of drinking, the gorilla takes a cup, places the 

 rim in his mouth, and drinks in the same manner as a 

 human being does. He does this without being taught, 

 while the chimpanzee prefers to put both lips in the vessel. 

 I have never known a gorilla that would drink beer, spirits, 

 coffee, or soup. Their drink is limited to milk or water. 

 The chimpanzee drinks beer and various other things. 



