122 The Kindred of Man. [ February, 
not pass, was a barrier as well to their enemy, and they simply sat 
still, pointing at it with their fingers and uttering the /oo-hoo which 
expressed doubt, dislike and disgust. It was suspected that they | 
had only become accustomed to the sight, and to complete the , 
experiment the snake was again thrown in through the back 4 
door, when the terror of the two animals was as great as on the l 
previous occasion. l 
It was quite clear that they possessed a limited means o| 
vocal communication. Sounds, to the number of three or foun 
were uttered by one, which met with a different response from the 
other, either by voice or action, and in which it was quite posti 
ble for the human ear to detect a difference. i 
The imitative habits common to the whole tribe of monkeys 
were strongly marked in them, and made it relatively easy to 7 
teach them to use a spoon or drink out of a cup, and to perform i 
various small tricks. In cleaning the glass in front of the cagt 
with paper, the keeper generally threw two pieces on the floor 
beside him, when each chimpanzee would take one of them and 
set to work polishing the glass in like manner, deriving, app! | 
rently, great satisfaction from the performance. The deli l 
their taste became developed to an extraordinary degree by 
varied diet afferded them ; both were fond of the taste of s 
brandy, whisky and rum were substituted, they stuck out Me 
under lip in disgust and refused to eat it. 
For music they had no ear whatever; the notes of an T 
ity prompted only efforts to find out what was inside. 
For many months Adam and Eve were the pets of the “ Zoo 
few days there were when they were not surrounded by a Cf 
of interested spectators, some of whom, to a critical ey® 
fully as amusing as the animals they came to see. 
It is learned from African travelers that the native tribes 
habiting the range of the gorilla and chimpanzee believe them! 
be human beings who have degenerated from their original st 
and that out of pure laziness they refuse to speak, in the fear t 
if their possession of the faculty should become known, 
will be set to work in the fields; indeed, the native aroko 
chimpanzee, Enge-e-co, means “hold your tongue, ” and ¢ 
