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after speaking to him I gave him an orange ; he 

 began to eat it and at the same time caught hold of 

 the leg of my trousers as if he did not wish me to 

 leave him. I petted and caressed him for a moment 

 and turned away, but he held on to me. He 

 waddled about over the deck, holding on to my 

 clothes, and would not release me. He was afraid 

 of his master and the native boy who had him in 

 charge. He was a timid creature, but was quite 

 intelligent, and I felt sorry for him because he 

 seemed to realise his situation. 



On the same voyage I saw one in the hands of a 

 German trader. It was a young male, about one 

 year old. He promptly answered the. food sound, 

 and I called him to come to me ; but this he neither 

 answered nor complied with. He looked at me as if 

 to ask where I had learned his language. I repeated 

 the sound several times, but elicited no answer. I 

 have elsewhere called attention to the fact that these 

 apes do not answer the call when they can see the 

 one who makes it, and they do not always comply 

 with it. In this respect they behave very much the 

 same as young children, and it may be remarked 

 that one difficulty in all apes is to secure fixed 

 attention. This is exactly the same with young 

 children. Even when they clearly understand, some- 

 times they betray no sign of having heard it. At 

 other times they show that they both hear and 

 understand, but do not comply. 



Another specimen that was brought aboard a ship 

 when I was present was a young male, something 



