THE CHIMPANZEE. 



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mote time in his existence Crowley was very- 

 attractive, for a young chimpanzee is one of the 

 drollest of beasts, although so much like human 

 babies as to be almost painful to look at. All 

 the anthropoid apes, our next of kin, resemble 

 us in infancy, in a much greater degree than 

 in age. As years go over the head of man he 

 becomes wiser, and generally more amiable in 

 temper ; while the ape, on the contrary, grows 

 wary, sly, and more brutal. 



Mr. Crowley was in his infancy when he 

 came to New York. He had the advantage of a 

 training by refined people ; consequently no bad 

 habits or tricks had developed. He passed 

 almost from his mother's arms into the family 

 of Mr. Smythe, United States Minister Resi- 

 dent at Liberia, who, with his wife, cared for 

 the little beast as tenderly as they could for a 

 child. On the passage he shared the comforts 

 of the cabin ; at hotels his board was paid ; thus 

 he had every attention, and reached New York 

 in perfect health, and showing a pleasing wil- 

 lingness to respond to the friendly advances of 

 everybody. 



