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Bay, and extending eastward to the Foot hills 

 below Lamberene. There is abundant evidence to 

 show that such a state has once existed there, but it 

 is not probable that these apes have ever changed 

 their latitude. 



The name **soko " appears to be a local name for 

 the ordinary type of chimpanzee found throughout 

 the whole range of their domain, and known in other 

 parts by other names. 



In Malimbu the name kulu " appears to apply to 

 the same species, while in the south-western part of 

 their habitat that name, coupled with the verb 

 ** kamba," is confined strictly to the other type. 

 Along the northern borders of the district to which 

 that species belongs, but where he is very seldom 

 found and little known to the natives, he is called 

 Mkami tribe, " kanga ntyigo," to distinguish him 

 from the common variety to which the latter name 

 only is applied. 



The etymology of the name kanga as applied to 

 this ape is rather obscure. In common use it is a 

 verb with the normal meaning to parch" or "fry," 

 and hence the secondary meaning to prepare." 

 Since this ape is said to be of a higher order of the 

 race, the term is used to signify that he is better 

 prepared " than the other. That is to say, he is 

 prepared to think and talk in a better manner. 



Another history of this word appears to be more 

 probable. The ape to which the name is applied 

 lives between the Mkami country and the Congo, and 

 the name is possibly a perversion of kongo, and 



