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my disappointment did not end there ; — for, instead 

 of pursuing his journey on the morrow, this 

 unthinking porter passed another day of mirth and 

 mental excitement with his loving relative ; and 

 then, another day after that. So, alas, the chim- 

 panzee only reached me, late on Saturday evening, 

 notwithstanding that I had expected it on the 

 Wednesday. This provoking loss of time cost me 

 full five hours of nocturnal labour with the dissect- 

 ing knife. 



After seven weeks of application, I succeeded 

 in restoring its form and features. Hollow to the 

 very nails, it now sits upon a cocoa-nut, (not by the 

 way, its correct position) which I brought with me 

 from Guiana, in the year 1817. Unless accident 

 destroy this ape, (as it has been totally immersed 

 in a solution of corrosive sublimate and alcohol, 

 see the " Wanderings " ) it will remain for ages 

 yet to come, free from mould, and from the 

 depredations of the moth ; and without any wires, 

 or any internal support whatever, it will retain the 

 form which I have given to it, and the exact 

 position in which it has been placed at Walton 

 Hall, where it has many attractions for scientific 

 visitors. 



Of all apes as yet discovered, this little chim- 

 panzee appears to approach the nearest to man 



