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price was too much, and after two days our friend- 

 ship was broken for ever. But I was glad to learn, 

 soon after this, that another trader secretly released 

 it, and let it escape into the forest. The man who 

 did this told me himself that he did it as an act of 

 mercy. I often recall this little prisoner to mind, 

 and always feel a sense of gladness at knowing that 

 he was set at liberty by a humane friend. What- 

 ever may have been his fate in the forest, it could 

 have been no worse than to be confined, starved, and 

 tormented as he was, while in captivity. 



Another small specimen, which I saw at Gaboon, 

 was not of much value except from one fact, and 

 that was, it was broken out with an eruptive disease 

 prevalent among the natives. It is called crawcraw 

 or kra-kra. It is said to originate from the water, 

 either by external or internal use of it. This animal 

 was infected in the same way and on the same parts 

 of the body as men are affected by the same disease, 

 and is another instance of their being subject to the 

 same maladies as those of man. The specimen itself 

 also exemplified the difference in intellect among 

 these animals, for this one had in its face the look of 

 mental weakness, and every act confirmed the fact. 

 It was silent, inactive and obtuse. 



During my residence in the cage I did not see so 

 many chimpanzees as I saw of gorillas, but from 

 those I did see it was an easy matter to determine 

 that they were much less shy and timid than the 

 gorilla. 



On one occasion I heard one in the bush not far 



