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path which we were in, and I returned towards the 

 cage. He did not come any nearer to us, but kept 

 his course almost parallel with ours. He turned his 

 head from time to time to look, but gave no sign of 

 attack. I called to him several times, but he made 

 no answer. When I reached a place in front of the 

 cage I called again, and after the lapse of a few 

 seconds he stopped. By this time he was concealed 

 from view. He only halted for a moment, changed 

 his course and resumed his journey. This was the 

 largest one I saw in the forest. 



At another time, while sitting in the cage, I heard 

 the sound of something making its way through the 

 bush not more than twenty yards away ; presently it 

 passed in view. As it crossed the path near by, I 

 called three or four times, but it neither stopped nor 

 answered. As well as I could tell, it appeared to be 

 a female and quite grown. 



I may take occasion to remark that while the 

 chimpanzee is mostly found in large family groups, 

 as I have reason to believe from native accounts of 

 them, and from what has been told me by white men, 

 I have never been able to see a family of them 

 together, but each of these that I have mentioned, so 

 far as I could tell, was quite alone. Whether the 

 others were scattered through the forest in like 

 manner, hunting for food, and all came together after 

 this or not, I can only say that every chimpanzee 

 that I saw was alone at the time. 



Another thing worthy of mention is the fact that 

 both these apes live in the same forest, and twice on 



