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16 Another zoologist thus describes its manners in detail:

"In the Zoological Gardens he occupied a room in the keeper’s apartments, in which a large cage was constructed for his accommodation, and which was kept as nearly as possible in an uniform temperature. Two artificial trees had been erected in the cage, and a rope suspended between them, to afford him an opportunity of amusing himself by climbing or swinging; but unless when commanded by his keeper, to whom he invariably shewed a ready and willing obedience, he generally preferred running about the bottom of the cage, or amusing himself with the visitors. When moving quickly his pace was a kind of brisk canter, and unless when his hands were employed in carrying anything, he invariably walked on all-fours, leaning on the knuckles of the half-closed fist, as observed by Tyson and Dr. Traill. At the same time, the entire sole of the hind-foot was brought into contact with the ground in the act of progression, and as the arms were not very much longer than the legs, the body was stooped or bent at the shoulders, though the attitude, nevertheless, partook more of the erect than the horizontal.

"But though, when perfectly free and unrestrained, his most usual mode of progression was on all-fours, Tommy could, nevertheless, adopt the biped pace and station with great ease, when occasion required it. His feet, and particularly his heels, were broader and better adapted for this purpose than those of the Orang-outan, and in walking upright he was not under the same necessity of stretching out his arms, or moving