antlps Jitatagms JEagajte. 
EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN 
No. 8.— Vol. 4. 
LONDON, DECEMBER. 1918. 
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" GOUMBA." 
By Johx D. Hamlyn. 
I am sorry to have to report the death of 
"Goumba" on the 1st December last. Our valued 
pet only showed signs of illness for a few days, 
and passed away quite unexpectedly. The report 
of the examination is not yet to hand, but I re- 
ceived a telephone message from the Royal College 
of Surgeons, Lincolns Inn Fields, stating that 
death was apparently due to a minute worm which 
had seriouslv attacked the bowels. It was of verv 
long standing, and quite incurable. I need hardly 
say that everything possible was done for "Goum- 
ba" during her last days here. She was a won- 
derful specimen of the Congo Chimpanzee, not 
a handsome creature by any means, for it is gener- 
ally admitted that the Chimpanzees found round 
Sierra Leone — French Conakry district — are far 
better looking than those found in the Sette Cama 
and Central Congo districts, but "Goumba" was 
wonderfully intelligent, affectionate and persever- 
ing. To watch her thread a needle and sew socks 
was interesting, but to unlace and lace up her 
owner's boots was amusing; occasionally she 
missed a hole, and nothing would satisfy her but 
to go over the whole business again, and when 
her work was completed she gave forth huge 
grunts of satisfaction. She had tea regularly 
with us at four each day for quite eighteen months. 
"Goumba" never forgot a slight, or an unkind- 
ness which perhaps accounted for her marked 
dislike of one of the employees here. For the past 
ten months she was under my sole charge which 
proved a dreadful encroachment of my time. It 
was my custom to take her out every morning 
and place her in one of the outside cages for re- 
creation and fresh air — that is if fresh air can be 
obtained in the St. George's district which I verv 
much doubt — unfortunately I was the only one 
able to take her back to her resting place at 
night. 
Wherever I was at five o'clock daily I had to 
return home to my accustomed duty. " Goumba" 
rode out and in pick-a-back fashion daily. This 
afforded great amusement to the neighbours in 
general and-the employees of the Tea Company in 
particular. The girls working in this factory — 
which adjoins the premises — always looked for- 
ward with pleasure to see " Goumba" pick-a-back 
to bed. Alas ! they will see her no more. " Goum- 
ba" will adorn the shelves of the Museum of the 
Royal College of Surgeons for years to come to 
point a moral and to have rendered a service to 
Science by her extraordinary death. Her death 
is greatly regretted by us both. Whether the 
higher order of anthropoid apes have a future it 
is not for me to say, but "Goumba" certainly 
deserved one. 
