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THE STORY OF THE MONKEY . 
country is but brief. The longest period that a chimpanzee has hitherto 
lived in a zoological garden at London is eight years; “Sally/’ who died in 
1891, having been kept there for that time. The description by Dr. J. G. 
Romanes of the mental power of “Sally” is full of interest. This account 
was written after the creature had been nearly six years in the London 
Zoological Gardens. The intelligence of “Sally” is compared by Dr. 
Romanes to that of a child a few months before emerging from the period 
of infancy, and is thus far higher than that of any other mammal (exclusive 
of man). In spite, however, of this relatively high degree of intelligence, 
the creature’s power of making vocal replies to her keepers, or those with 
whom she was brought into contact, were of the most limited kind. Such 
replies were, indeed, restricted to three peculiar grunting noises. One of 
these indicated assent or affirmation; another, of very similar intonation, 
denoted refusal or distrust; while the third, and totally different intonation, 
was used to express thanks or recognition of favors. In disposition “Sally” 
was, like many of her sex, apt to be capricious and uncertain; although, 
on the whole, she was good-humored and fond of her keepers, with whom 
she was never tired of a kind of bantering play. 
It has always been a matter of surprise that no large man-like ape now 
inhabits the dense tropical forests of India or Burma, which would appear 
to be just as suitable for these creatures as aLe thbse of Borneo or Equatorial 
Africa. The discovery in India of a jaw of a large ape apparently belonging 
to the same genus as the chimpanzee shows us, however, that large man-like 
apes must have once roamed over the plains of India. Why chimpanzees, 
together with hippopotami and giraffes, which are likewise found fossil in 
India but are now confined to> Africa, should have totally disappeared from 
the former country, is, however, one of those puzzling problems connected 
with the distribution of animals which we have but little hope of answering 
satisfactorily. 
THE ORANG-OUTAN. 
The Orang-outan inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. In Borneo there are 
two species of orang, called by the natives the Miaskassar and the Miaspap- 
pan. Some naturalists suppose that the Sumatran orang is also a distinct 
species. 
This is the largest of all the apes, as it is said that orangs have been 
obtained from Borneo considerably above five feet in height. The strength 
of this animal is tremendous: a female snapped a strong spear asunder after 
