270 APES AND MONKEYS 



" Ntyii 'e one mudcler ; njina, 'e one mudder. 'E one, 

 one. Ntyii 'e one fader ; njina 'e one fader. 'E one, one. 

 All two 'e one, one. Ntyii 'e one mudder ; njina 'e one 

 mudder. All two 'e one, one. 'E brudder. Ntyii 'im 

 fader ; njina 'im 'e brudder. All two 'e one, one." The 

 translation is that the ntyii has a mother, and the njina 

 has a mother, which are not the same, but are sisters. 

 The ntyii has a father, and the njina has a father, which 

 are not the same, but are brothers ; and therefore the two 

 apes are only cousins, which in the native esteem is a 

 remote degree of kinship. 



The ape described by Lopez certainly belonged to the 

 territory north of the Congo, which coast he explored, 

 and gave his name to a cape about forty miles south of 

 the equator. It still bears the name Cape Lopez. How- 

 ever, it is probable that at that time most of the low 

 country now occupied by these apes was covered with 

 water ; that the lakes of that region were then all em- 

 braced in one great estuary, reaching from Ferran Yaz to 

 Xazavine Bav, and extending: eastward to the foothills 

 below Lamberene. There is abundant evidence to show 

 that such a state has once existed there, but it is not prob- 

 able that these apes have ever changed their latitude. 



The name soko appears to be a local name for the ordi- 

 nary type of chimpanzee found throughout the whole range 

 of their domain, and known in other parts by other names. 

 In Malimbu the name kulu appears to apply to the same 

 species, while in the southwestern part of their habitat that 

 name, coupled with the verb kamba, is confined strictly 

 to the other type. Along the northern borders of the 



