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favourite of the public, “ Consul,” has achieved much 
literary notoriety. The chimpanzee is perhaps the only 
anthropoid ape of which specimens are pretty certain 
to be found in the New Ape House. Probably two or 
three will be on view to the reader of these lines. But 
the gorilla is much less patient in captivity besides 
being more hard to obtain. There have, in fact, been 
only five examples of this fierce anthropoid ever 
exhibited in Regent’s Park. The first specimen of 
the chimpanzee ever exhibited appears to. have been 
acquired so long ago as 1836. This chimpanzee 
created great excitement in London, and evoked verses 
from that excellent rhymester and lampoonist, Theodore 
Hook. ‘The folks in town,’ he wrote, “are nearly 
wild— 
To go and see the monkey child, 
In gardens of Zoology, 
Whose proper name is Chimpanzee. 
To keep this baby free from hurt, 
He’s dressed in a cap and Guernsey shirt ; 
They’ve got him a nurse and he sits on her knee, 
And she calls him her Tommy Chimpanzee. 
Hook (Tory, it will be remembered) goes on to describe 
visits paid to this celebrity by Lord John Palmerston, 
and ministers generally. “Sally” who succeeded, 
longo wméiervallo in point of time but not popularity, 
caused almost as great a furore as did the elephant 
Jumbo on his departure. This latter ape, in fact, 
illustrated excellently well one of the main differences 
between the gorilla and the chimpanzee. The chim- 
panzee is playful, even malicious, and quite teachable. 
The gorilla is sullen, gloomy, ferocious, and quite un- 
tamable. Anyone who has ever seen a gorilla at the 
Zoo will realize this intellectual difference between the 
two men monkeys. The gorilla, as du Chaillu truly 
said, though he was contradicted by persons not knowing 
much about the matter, beats its breast when angry. 
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