. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. y hour of the night may be heard the cry of distress which tellsa tale of tragedy. Much of the last ten years of mylife has been spent in Africa in pm-suitof the problem to which I have devoted somuch of my life and to which 1 expect todevote the remainder. During the courseof my studies along the chosen line ofresearch I have owned, or had at mydisposal, a great number of apes andmonkeys. The chimpanzee, being next toman, in the order of nature, has been thefavourite subject of my work. Within thelast ten years I have owned
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. y hour of the night may be heard the cry of distress which tellsa tale of tragedy. Much of the last ten years of mylife has been spent in Africa in pm-suitof the problem to which I have devoted somuch of my life and to which 1 expect todevote the remainder. During the courseof my studies along the chosen line ofresearch I have owned, or had at mydisposal, a great number of apes andmonkeys. The chimpanzee, being next toman, in the order of nature, has been thefavourite subject of my work. Within thelast ten years I have owned seven specimensand had access to as many more. Theone to which I was most warmly attachedwas called Moses. He lived with me fornearly a year and was my companionduring my long sojourn in the cage inthe Nkami forest; but the most intelligentone was his mate, who was called was also with me for several monthsand came with me to England, where hedied a few months after his arrival. The chimpanzee is easily domesticatedand very affectionate. He readily learns. Fi om a JPhotog-i aph supplied by the Auihoi A YOUNG GORILLA CAUGHT NAPPING.
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