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in the greater proportional length of the femur and tibia, and the 
less proportionate length of the foot — in the greater propor- 
tional size of the tarsus — in the relative length of the hind- 
thumb or great toe — in the projection downwards of the navicu- 
lar bone, and of the same inclination of the internal cuneiform 
bone, thus rendering the hind thumb more easily opposed to the 
other toes ; while the extended attachment of the glutaei muscles, 
and the greater breadth of the ilia between the superior spinous 
processes, secure the easy maintenance of a semi -erect position. 
The relative size and strength of the lower extremities is much 
in favour of the chimpanzee, and in this respect establish a closer 
relationship to man. 
The animal that is the subject of the present memoir was 
purchased from a party of natives, at Grand Bassan, on the 
Grain Coast of Guinea. They said that they had shot the 
mother, who was nursing it in her arms, 120 miles up the 
country. It was brought to Bristol, and thence transferred to 
the menagerie of the Zoological Society of London, where it 
arrived. It was supposed, from the state of its teeth, that it then 
was about fifteen months old. It was nearly two feet in height. 
The natives said that the mother was full four feet and a half 
in height ; but it is the opinion of most naturalists, that the 
wild chimpanzee is not more than four feet high. It soon 
appeared to have forgotten its mother and its native forests, and 
so readily attached itself to those who took notice of it and fed 
it, that it was liberated from its confinement, and suffered to 
have the whole range of the ship. It would climb up the 
rigging with an agility which no sailor could equal. It would 
spring fearlessly, and at a considerable distance, from one rope 
to another, courted the notice of every one, and, except when 
too unmercifully teazed, was always in good humour, and ready 
for play. 
When he arrived at the gardens, a Guernsey frock was pro- 
vided for him, and a little sailor’s hat ; and as he sat within his 
cage, gazing composedly around, as he would often do for a con- 
siderable time, he looked like an old weather-beaten sailor, en- 
joying his well-earned repose. The likeness was too strong to 
be pleasing ; and the writer of this memoir acknowledges that 
it was long before he could get rid of a feeling of dislike, and 
almost of loathing, when he paid him his usual morning visit. 
He soon attached himself to his keeper, and would play with 
him, and cuddle about him, and was never so happy as when 
he could throw his arms around him, and bury his head in his 
bosom. Of this position he was never tired. 
He was perfectly obedient to this keeper, and never offered to 
