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EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN 
No. 3.— Vol. 4. 
LONDON, JULY, 1918. 
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MY CHIMPANZEE " GOUMBA." 
By John D. Hamlyn. 
By the very serious illness of my wife, I have 
been left in charge of her devoted pet, " Goumba." 
Mrs. Hamlyn 'si illness may be temporary, but in 
any case it will be some months before she resumes 
her position as "The Mother of the Chimpanzees." 
This pet name was given her by a well-known 
South American sportsman who made extensive 
purchases of foreign animals and birds on his 
yearly visits to Great Britain for racehorses at 
Newmarket and elsewhere. He never visited St. 
George's Street without seeing Mrs. Hamlyn 
with a Chimpanzee, hence the name, "The Mother 
of the Chimpanzees." 
Goumba" was captured when young in the 
upper regions of the Congo Forest by a Belgian 
Officer. She ran loose in and around his clearing, 
never strayed, and never even answered the allur- 
ing calls of her fellow Chimpanzees in that dark 
and dismal forest. "Goumba" became passion- 
ately attached to her master, and would accom- 
pany him on his daily rounds, so much so, that 
when leave was granted him, he decided to shew 
"Goumba" Europe. And to Europe "Goumba" 
came. 
Landing are Marseilles, "Goumba" paid a 
round of visits to her master's former Congo 
friends — French Congoleese — 'but, one day runn- 
ing riot in a restaurant, was sold to a dealer in 
Marseilles, who promptly sent her on to London. 
On her arrival she was carefully tendered and 
looked after by my wife. 
"Goumba" was very shy, very nervous, and 
very loveable. The great change in surroundings 
was more than she could understand. Mataddi to 
Sierra Leone, to Dakar, and thence to Marseilles 
— that was all right; but St. George's Street, 
London, East, quite upset this gentle creature's 
mind. So much so, that we offered her to a 
lady customer in Hampshire at a reasonable 
figure, who accepted her forthwith. "Goumba" 
remained in Hampshire for many months; she 
increased in height, weight, and shewed a remark- 
able degree of intelligence which delighted her 
mistress. But once more she misbehaved. Her 
owner wishing to hide her nakedness decided to 
dress*her in a becoming sailor's suit. That was 
the undoing of "Goumba." She escaped with 
only the trousers on her lower limbs, climbed to 
the roof of the bungalow, and remained there for 
several hours, finally placing the pants on the 
chimney where I believe they remain to this day. 
Mrs. Hamlyn was telegraphed for to fetch 
the culprit back to London, where she has re- 
