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instant, but promptly makes off ; this is very different to the 
Gorilla, which boldly accepts the combat. It is much less ferocious 
than the latter ; taken young and gently reared, it becomes 
familiar, and gives proofs of great intelligence. 
Like the Gorillas, the Chimpanzees live in small troops while 
they are young, or isolated and in couples in adult life. They 
are essentially climbers, and pass nearly all their time on trees, 
seeking fruits, which constitute their food. 
According to M. du Chaillu, who has observed these animals in 
Fig. 287. —-Chimpanzee ( Troglodytes niger). 
his travels, there is a kind of Chimpanzee called by the natives 
Ushiego-mbouve, which builds a kind of leafy nest among the 
boughs of the loftiest trees. This nest is composed of small inter- 
laced branches well thatched with leaves, and impenetrable to 
water ; fixed by firmly-tied bands, it is generally from six to eight 
feet in diameter, and presents the form of a dome, an arrangement 
which readily throws off the rain. It is beneath this roof that 
the creature passes the night. The male and female share in the 
labour of building, though they lodge separately on neighbouring 
