The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-22

gan minute inspection of their new
quarters. This done, they met on the
floor, and seemingly communicated
Impressions. Suddenly the two males
set up an animated howl, the motive
apparently being disapproval Of their
companion. female; and then both
gave way to the most excited grief,
which was only relieved when the
keeper took their in his arms and
| quoted them, as if they were babies.
1t required patient and systematic
treatment, our informant states. as is
sometimes necessary with obstinate
children. to get final understanding
IN the group. The youngest of the
hve, which as already remarked.
was one of the original pair,
imported. is especially affectiOnate
and wonderfully chldlke. The
refusal OF the keeper to take her in
his arms ELECTS a crying fit. followed
by paroxyism, in which the animal
wreathes its arms over it's head, and
screams with rage, the whole per-
formance reminding one Of the beha-
| vior OF an over-indulged child when
crossed. Another popularity Of the
| chimpanZee is the care it exercises in
eating. Nothing is put in it's mouth
that is not critically examined with
| the utmost deliberation, and with IN
| owl-like expression of wisdom.
There is never any of that sudden
SEIZURE and instant examining OF food
| into the cheeks, after the fashion of
the lower order Of monkeys.
The Orang outang is probably the
most valuable specimen inf the collec-
ton, owing to the scarcity of its spe-
cles even in its native country. BOr-
neo, and It's extreme susceptibility to
atmospheric changes. 1t is one Of the
most hideously repulsive brutes that
can be imagined. 1t is a nearly full
grown male, some four feet in height,
and showing on it's face the remarka-
bic callosities which are Indicative of
adult years. The paunch is large and
heavy bony ridges peculiar to the spe-
cles. and the body is quite thickly
covered with long red hair. The diff
FENCES between tie orang outang
and the chimpanZee are cleuily mark
Ell. The orang has a short round
skull, the chimpanZee long one.
The arms OF the former extend when
the animal is erect to about the ankle
joint, those OF the chimpanzee to
nearly half way up the calf 1.-THE 60
rlllas ilnger tips. it may be added,
extend Il little below the knee). The
orang. when on all tours. rests it's
hanGs on the backs of the fingers be-
tween the large knuckles ard first
joint; the chimpanzee. between the
first and second joints. The chimpan-
zee uses its hind members more as
legs than an arms. For example. in
climbing rope it will go up hand
over hand and foot over foot regular
~, grasping its first hold with Il nand.
The orang. on the contrary, uses all
four members indifferently for like
| purposes. 1t may grasp at first with
foot and pull itself up, Selling hold
with hai.d afterwards, its entire mo
| ton showing it to be more at home
moving among tree branches than I'M
der any other circumstances. The
anatomy of its rear members. differ
ent from that of those of the chimpan-
zee. shows clearly the distinction.
The orang's hind limbs, besides being
comparatively short, are loosely
jointed at the hip bones. and the
strong ligament (thc Hgamentum teres)
which in man, the gorilla. and the
chimpanzee binds the thigh bone to
the hip joint, is bent. The result is
that their tread is very unsteady, and
the legs can be bent or twisted rear
ward in curiously complicated contor-
tions. The orang at the Aquarium
is quiet and harmless. 1t moves
about but little, preferring to keep
rolled upin its blankets, which it ad.
insts with ludicrous care and gravity.
The general appearance of the animal
conveys the impression that it is en-.
gagged in deep meditation, and as this
loOk is maintained while it carefully
piles its food pans together and sits in
them, it's proceedings are laughable
absurd. 1t is hardly safe to accept
/ the conclusion that the chimpanzee
! is Of u higher degree than the Orang-
outang or the reverse, in the absence
Of more positive knowledge. Each
/ species has strongly marked charac.
1 teristics which Indicate a higher de-
velopement as compared with the
other, notably the small delicate ears
of the orang in contrast with the
| large ones Of The chimpanzce, and
! the legs OF the latter in comparison
/ with the rear arms of the former,
/ Carl Vogt has suggested that the go.
| rIila is a developed babonn, the Chin
| panzee developed macanue, and the
orang-outang developed gibbon.
! Similarly continuing the chain Of evO-
| luton. the idea has been bIoached
! that different races OF men had varied
| Siruian ancestries the Malay. for ex.
ample, being derived from the orang-
outang and the negro from the chin.
prince tribe. the ground being the
similarity of prominent skull chaTac-
| teristics. Scientific iDlericu1.