OTHELLO 249 



Moses watched the dying ape as if he knew what death 

 meant. He showed no signs of regret, but his manner 

 was such as to suggest that he knew it was a trying 

 hour. 



Othello died just before sunset, but for a long time prior 

 to this he was unconscious. The only movements made 

 by him were spasmodic actions caused by pain. The fixed 

 and vacant stare of his eyes in his last hour was so like that 

 of man in the hour of dissolution that no one could look 

 upon the scene and fail to realize the solemn fact that 

 this was death. The next day I dissected him and pre- 

 pared the skin and the skeleton to bring home with me. 

 They are now, with those of Moses and others, in the 

 Museum of the University of Toronto. 



When I first secured this ape and brought him to my 

 house in the bush, he was placed on the ground a few feet 

 from my cage. Near him were laid some bananas and 

 sugarcane belonging to Moses, who had not yet seen 

 the stranger. The gorilla was in a box with one side open, 

 so that he could easily be seen. My purpose was to see 

 how each would act on discovering the other. When 

 Moses observed the food he proceeded to help himself. 

 On seeing the gorilla he paused a moment and gave 

 me an alarm. He was not himself deterred from taking 

 a banana. He seized one and retreated. While he was 

 eating the banana, I took the gorilla from the cage and set 

 him on the ground by it. I petted him and gave him some 

 food. Moses looked on but did not interfere. 



When I returned to my cage Moses proceeded to inves- 

 tigate the new ape. He approached slowly and cautiously 



