HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
and round faced specimens and consequently he 
might be induced to make a long faced species 
and a round faced species. Red-haired people 
woud almost certainly be classified as a distinct 
variety or species. Bery likely all the marks which 
we know as characteristic of youth and old age 
would be mistaken for specific markings. We 
smile when we think a museum chimpanzee could 
be so foolish but are we not doing just the same 
kind of thing? We see that such mistakes could 
not be made if the chimpanzee zoologist came to 
Europe and studied us as we live in our several 
countries. He would discover the extraordinary 
manner in which we differ individually — that colour 
of hair, baldness, shape of face, distribution of 
hair pigmentation were not really reliable indica- 
tions of difference of breed. He would perceive, 
however, after a prolonged study that the breeds 
of men varied as he passed from country or region 
of Europe to another, and that there are well 
marked local varieties of Europeans. To know 
the breed the examination of one specimen is not 
enough; we must know a dozen or more from the 
same locality. 
Now it is not possible for many of us tx> go 
to Africa and study chimpanzees in the great terri- 
tory they inhabit — a territory which represents in 
extent about 20 Englands, but if we were in- 
formed of the exact locality from which every 
imported chimpanzee has been derived we should 
soon be in a position to tell the true specific mark- 
ings of all races of chimpanzees. I am certain 
there must be a great number of very different 
kinds — varying according to the regions from 
which they come. Lord Rothschild is of opinion 
that four or five different species may inhabit the 
same region— living side by side without mixing. 
" Zoe," for instance, comes from Angola (Loanda); 
she has a triangular hairless patch on her fore- 
head — the base of the triangle being above the 
orbits, its apea high up in a central parting on 
the crown. "Gilbert" and "Philip" come from 
the region of the Gambia. 
Unfortunately, I made no notes of the exact 
colour of the hair on the crown, back and limbs, 
nor of the colour or degree of pigmentation of 
the face round the orbits, round the mouth, and 
round the nose, in your specimens. But I am 
certain if traders and collectors would make an 
effort to obtain accurate information of the dis- 
trict from which their specimens are obtained they 
would no! only increase the value of their stock- 
but also help in the progress of knowledge 
" Philip" has a remarkable deformity ol the 
right foot. At first sight one is led to suppose 
thai only the great toe is present — the rest of the 
toes having probably been bitten off by an irate 
mother. When, however, the foot is closely exam- 
ined, no trace of a scar can be detected, such as 
should be found if the toes had been lost by acci- 
dent. I am of opinion that the foot has been 
deformed not by accident but has been congeni- 
tally deformed — a condition not unlike one occa- 
sionally seen in man — but not yet noted amongst 
anthropoids. 
I am, 
Yours very truly, 
ARTHUR KEITH. 
Old Playbill of a Menagerie that came to 
Bath, December 24th, 1810. 
Dec. 24th, 1810: 
In 
Commodious Yard, 
Walcot Street, 
Bath. 
Most Superb Menagerie. 
S. POLITO 
The celebrated collector of living curiosities begs 
to inform the Nobility, Gentry & Public that he 
has once more brought forward in this city his 
beautiful collection of 
Living Birds & Beasts. 
MALE OSTRICH 
Which surpasses the description of the largest 
ever seen in the Universe; it actually weighs up- 
wards of 300 1 lbs., will reach eleven ft. high, and 
is absolutely the only African Ostrich alive in 
Great Britain. 
The onl 
A NOBLE LION 
of Senegal. 
A BEAUTIFUL LIONESS 
surviver of the original breed of Lions 
in the Tower of London. 
THREE ROYAL TIGERS 
One quite in its infant state, being 8 months old 
was brought to England by the Marquis of 
Wellesly. ' 
A MOST NOBLE PANTHER 
From the riser La Plata in South America. 
A pair of those most singular quadrapeds, 
LARGE KANGAROOS, 
male and female from Hot am Bay. 
