Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work."Mr. He some-times takes a piece of paper, lights it in the fire, and handsit to some one else to light his pipe fo He will notattempt to light his pipe or cigar, because he is afraid ofburning his fingers but he will light a match and hand itto his keeper to hold while lighting the pipe. Whenplaying about the grounds he often finds a cigar stub.He knows what it is, picks it up, puts it into his mouth,and at once goes to his keeper for a light. When he has finished smoking he rolls up the paperand throws it into some corner, out of the way.
When Consul has hispipe lighted he usually sits on the floor to enjoy a smoke,and he spreads down before him a sheet of paper to spiton.
He has also formedthe habit of spitting as he smokes, - but he has the goodmanners not to spit on the floor. This may not beĬONSUL II RIDING A TRICYCLE(From a Photograph.) CONSUL II 195 commended from a moral standpoint, but it appears toafford him quite as much pleasure as it does the averageboy when he first acquires the habit. Another accomplishment which Consul has is that ofsmoking a pipe, a cigar, or a cigarette. Hedoes not do it to gratify strangers or to show off. He rides the wheel for his own diversion.
He is allowed to go at liberty a great deal ofhis time and this is the proper way to treat these apes incaptivity. He propels it withgreat skill and steers it with the accuracy of an expert.He guides it around angles and obstacles with absoluteprecision. Theease and grace with which he rides are sufficient to pro-voke the envy of any boy in England. He canadjust it and mount it with the skill of an acrobat. He knows the machine by the nameof bike, although it is not really a bicycle. One accomplishment is theriding of a tricycle. Some of the feats performed by this ape I have neverseen attempted by any other. They seem to understand the purpose and fore-see the result, and these impel them to act. Other apes that I haveseen do many things by imitation, they do not do them bycoercion. Publisher: Boston and London, Ginn & companyĬontributing Library: Smithsonian Librariesĭigitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage LibraryĬlick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Subjects: Monkeys Speech Sound production by animals Title: Apes and monkeys their life and languageĪuthors: Garner, Richard Lynch, 1848-1920 Image from page 217 of "Apes and monkeys their life and language" (1900)
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