yg The Kindred of Man. [February 
vances, caused Topsey to regard the intruder with marked dislike i 
and fear. She watched it from a distance all through the severdl f 
days of illness, and the more attentively as the last moments det i 
near and pain and weakness were showing plainly their ravages | 
until finally, after a hard struggle, the little sufferer lay motion l 
less and dead, then, for the first time, she drew near, looked at i 
the body for a moment, pushed it with one hand, and then alt 
putting her nose close down against its face, as if to listen for | 
breath or any sign of life, she began pulling from under it the 4 
coveted blanket which it was no longer able to defend, and 
the most satisfied manner wrapped herself up and laid on 
peace. ; 
Much less opportunity has been afforded for critical obser rs 
of the remaining anthropoids—the gorilla and the gibbons 
few of either have been kept in captivity ; but the former ® 
fairly be considered as not presenting marked mental differ pea, 
from the chimpanzee, and the latter seem in all respects to bes ia 
low the level of the others. 
In considering the proper station of man and these anim: 
the zoological system, a brief glance must be given at th 
members of the order to which they belong. 
Beside these are usually included in the order, the Lem 
large and ill-assorted group known also as Prosimie or h 
no tails at all; in this group, too, the nostrils are close tos 
and look downward. The number and arrangement of tec 
