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surveyed the cage and myself, and I repeated the 

 sound two or three times. He refused to approach 

 any nearer. He turned his head from side to side 

 for a moment as if in doubt which way to go ; then 

 turned aside and disappeared in the bush. He did 

 not run or start away as if in great fear, but by the 

 sound of the shaking bushes it could be told that he 

 increased his speed after he once disappeared from 

 view. 



One day I had been for a stroll with Moses and 

 the boy. As we returned to the cage we saw a 

 chimpanzee about half-grown ; he was crossing the 

 rugged little path about thirty yards away from us. 

 He paused for a moment to look at us, and we stopped. 

 I tried to induce Moses to call out to him, but he de- 

 clined to do so. As the stranger turned aside I called 

 to him myself, but he neither stopped nor answered. 

 This one appeared to be quite brown, but the boy 

 assured me his hair was jet black, but his skin being 

 light gave him this colour. To satisfy myself, I had 

 Moses placed in the same place and position, and 

 looking at him from the same distance I was convinced 

 that the boy was right. 



One morning, as I started with Moses for a walk, 

 I had only gone some forty yards away from the 

 cage when he made a sound of warning. I instantly 

 looked up, when I saw a large chimpanzee standing 

 in the bush not more than twenty yards away. I 

 paused to look at him. He stood for a moment, 

 looking straight at us. I spoke to him, but he made 

 no reply ; he moved off almost parallel to the little 



