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he evokes a laugh from any one he is happy, and 

 recognises the approval by a broad chimpanzee grin. 



In the corner of the monkey-house is a room set 

 apart for the keeper, and in this room supplies of 

 food for the inmates are kept. In a small cupboard 

 in one corner is kept a supply of bananas and other 

 fruits. Consul knows this and has tried many times 

 to burglarise it. On one occasion he secured a large 

 screw-driver and attempted to prise open the door. 

 He found the resistance to be greatest at the place 

 where the door locked, and at this point he forced 

 the instrument in the crevice and broke off a piece 

 of the wood about an inch wide from the edge of the 

 door. At this juncture he was discovered and 

 reproved for his conduct, but he never fails to stick 

 his fingers in this crack and try to open the door. 

 He has not been able to unlock it when the key is 

 given him, although he knows the use of it, and has 

 often tried, but his keeper has never imparted the 

 secret to him, and his method of using the key has 

 been to prise with it, or pull it instead of turning it 

 after putting it in the keyhole. 



The young keeper, Mr. Webb, deserves great 

 credit for his untiring attention to this valuable 

 young ape, and the results of his zeal are worthy of 

 the recognition of every man who is interested in 

 the study of animals. 



Another specimen that may be regarded as an 

 intermediate type was recently kept in Belle Vue 

 Gardens at Manchester. He was playful and full 

 of mischief. He had been taught to use a stick or 



