The San Francisco call., 1899-04-09

articulate language which has been re-
duced to writing by an eminent scientist,
who made a study of the subject in the
great beasts haunts. None of these ami
mails are known to have been captured
alive and brought to America or Europe.
Next comes the chimpanzee, and third
is the orangoutang. Both of these spe-
cies are well represented in the various
geological collections and travelling me-
nageries of this country.
The best specimens of the chimpanzee
are Jack and Sally, whose portraits ac-
company this article and will make an in
teresting study. They appear here dressed
in civilized costume, which has worn off
the long, thick hair from the covered
parts of their bodies, but they still wear
boards. The markings on their hands
are the same as on those of human be-
ing, their backbone terminates in the
same way and the general structure Of
the skeleton is the same, except that the
nasal bones are missing.
A chimpanzee who has not been amen
able to civilization is Chico, the partner
of the late lamented Crowley in Central
Park. He is 10 years old and never wore
clothes, so that his body is still covered
with hair. He is very ferocious, and
some time ago, when his keeper entered
his cage to clean it, he leaped upon the
man and almost gnawed off his left hand
before help came.
direct contrast to the savage Chico
is another chimpanZee named Jack, who
is probably the most intelligent in this
country. He is over seven years old and
he can do almost anything that an Ameri-
can boy of his age can do. He dresses
himself, putting on his shoes and laCing
them, tells the time by his watch and
mounts and rides his bicycle He is par
ticularly clever at posing for his photo
graph in any position his keepers request.
The pose shown in the accompanying pic
ture was taken especially for the World
The best series of pictures of an ape
yet taken is that of joe an orangoutang
brought from Borneo to the Pacific Coast
by Edwards Brothers. He is five years
old and is so intelligent that he eats with
a knife and fork like a man, dresses to
represent an Irish laborer, smokes a pipe
and enjoys it and writes letters TO his
friends In Borneo.
Another highly civilized chimpanzee is
the Queen of Borneo, who appears in tho
picture nursing her infant "the Babe
She has reached the mature age of 10
years and gave birth to 'the Babe
eighteen months ago. She sometimes
dresses in her idea of the latest STYLES,
but when engaged about her domestic
duties dons her Mother Hubbard. She
has always shown the strongest affection
for her child.
One of the most valuable contributions
to the literature of the ape is the paper
by Mr.. Hornaday. He sums UP the char
acteristics of the different types of apes
in these words;
Among the higher apes the orangou-
tang comes nearest to man in the number
or ribs Ctwelve pairs) and form of the
cerebral hemisphere, but differs from him
IN other respects, especially in the llmos'
more than do the gorilla and chimpan-
zee The Qhimpanzee approaches man
most closely in the character of its era
mum, dentition and proportional size OF
It's arms. The gorilla is more manhke
IN the proportion of the legs to the nooy'
size of the heel curvature of the spine.
form of pelvis and absolute capacity OF
the Uranium. In it's habits the orang-
outang resembles the gorilla and chin
panzee, which are not gregarious, While
the gibbons are