CHAPTER XII 



OTHER CHIMPANZEES 



Among the number of chimpanzees that I have 

 seen are some whose actions are worthy of record ; 

 but as many of them were the repetition of similar 

 acts of other specimens which are elsewhere de- 

 scribed, we shall omit them, and relate only such 

 other acts as may tend to widen the circle of our 

 knowledge, and more fully illustrate the mental range 

 of this interesting tribe of apes. 



In passing through the country of the Esyira tribe, 

 I came to a small village where I halted for a rest. 

 On entering the open space between two rows of 

 bamboo huts, I saw a group of native children at 

 the opposite end of the space, and among them a 

 fine big chimpanzee, who was sharing with them in 

 their play. 



When they discovered the presence of a white 

 man in the town, they left their sport and came to 

 inspect me. The ape also came, and he showed as 

 much interest in the matter as any one else did. I 

 was seated in a native chair in front of the king's 

 hut, and the people, as usual, stood around me at a 

 respectful distance, looking on as if I had been some 



