The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-26
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A distinguished 4 awaited win with con. an
rival here on o u bv the pub,ic and and
siderable custcrsss ,by M Dsrwin's
WIN gFeaeacmies, Is Just now receiving
!riepasable calls from his large circle OF
,nnns in Berlin. He is called Pongo.
Ia is the most interesting result Of
Prussian scientific expedition into tho
interior Of Africa.
An account of his habits is furnished
by correspondent in tie rrussian capi-
ital, who is on terms of great intimacy
with him: "Pongo is now" the writer
believes, "nearly three years old, and he
is about three feet high; his skin is COW
cred with soft, silky hair, mixed with
gray, and reddish on the head. Ho has
powerful form, muscular arms, smooth,
polished black face, with wcll-shaped
ears, and large, sharp and malicions
eye, which gives him a strikingly human
appearance. When one has the pleasure,
as had this week, of spending a morn
ing with him in his apartment, he strikes
you.--astcr having got over the slight
feeling Of disappointment which is pro-
duced by the absence Of any bridge to
his nose-as being singularly like very
amusing, playful, and good-nutured negro
boy, rather awkward in some of his gcs-
lures, and, in his mode of progression,
sometimes distinctly ape-like. As he
sits, looking solcmnly round him, he ap-
pears to be thinking Of what the next
joke shall be, until presently something
in your gestures or voice plenscs nim,
and then suddenly he claps his hands
together and mods with an air Of great
delight.
He il very sociable, and Distinguishes
yonng from old and male from fcmnle
visitors. He is exceedingly attached to
years old, plays about with them as
though recognizing them as playfcllows
of his own age, clases them round the
drag him by the legs aud roll him over
peze, kisses them il they allow him, mud
permits them to take every kind of l'iber-
iy without making any unfair use Of bis
superior strength. With older children
he seems to understand that he may be
more rough, and, when he is racing abo:,t
with them, he slyly upscts chair, and
takes the opportunity of giving them
friendly boxes on the ear. When ladies
visit him in. his large cage, which is
suitably furnished with sofas, chairs and
table, trapeze, and aIl kinds of gymnastic
appliances, they have nothing to fear,
except from his somewhat importunate
amiabilty. He is particularly delighted
if they take him up in their arr.is he
embraces them and leans his head against
their shoulders with grateful and graft
fled mir; he is by no means willing to be
set down again.
THE Berlin Aquarium, in which he
now holds court, Is rich In varieties of
the larger monkeys, and when he goes
into the monkeys cage no rules there
supreme. Even tho chimpanzee, who
resembles very much in his clever human
ways an old favorite of London at the
Geological Gardens, treats him as dis
tinctly his snnerinr. The gorilla, how
ever, appears to recognize the chimpansce
III nearly his equal, cheeses him al.nost
exclusively for his playmate, and Destows
friendly but rather rough caresses on
him. He is fond of getting hold of the
chimpanzee, keeping him down and roll
ing him over on the ground. Sometimes
the monkey manages to slip from under
him, and then Pongo sprawls awkwardly
ON the floor on both hands, and looks up
with M expression Of accepted defeat.
He walks on the soles of his feet, leaning
mt the s3me time on the outside of his
hands, he turns out hin toes fnr more
than the chimpanzee, ana he carries Els
head mora grandly erect, this seeming 20
be the mark of high social standing.
When in high spirits he has why Of
showing the tip Of his red tongue, which
makes his black face look all the more
like that Of negro boy. ~ : i ttff 6 p,
ellis mode of life il as human rs are
all his ways. He sleeps on n mattress
rolled in rug, and at about o'clock in
the morning he rises in his Ged, sits up,
Jawns, scratches himself, and remains in
sleepy, listless condition till ho has
taken his milk, which he drinks out of a
tumbler. He ia now wide awake, and
looks about tho room for something to
play with, and perhaps, if he is allowed,
to destroy; for ho is as mischievous as
any child or as nny monkey. Then he
looks out of the widow, claps his hands,
and for want of some more suitable COM
partnership, begins 70 play with hss keep
or. This man must be continually in
attendance ON him; he does not allow
himself to be loft alone for single mo-
ment. If he finds himself alone, he us-
tiers the shrillegt cries until he regains
the society Of man. AT 0 o'clocf the
gorilla is tubbed, an operation in which
he takes the greatest delight, expressing
his approval an bass notes, which, per-
hsps. it will be imrolite to call grunting.
He takes his meals at the usual Cor.
man hours for breakfast he has sausa-
ges, preserved meat, cheese and tho f,.
yorite white Beriin beer. It is extyeuaely
funny to- SEQ him try to hold the glass