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18 evident preference of the level ‘surface, it is highly probable, as, indeed, most travellers have affirmed, that the progression and habits of the species are more terrestrial than arboreal, and that they ascend trees, principally, if not solely, in search of food. When ordered to seat himself in his swing, Tommy did so with great good humour, stretching out his foot to some of the company to set him in motion. We observed that he used the right hand in preference to the left, and had obviously greater power and facility of action with this than with the opposite member. In the human subject this has generally been attributed to the effects of education; but in Tommy, at least, it was a natural action, since he was perfectly unsophisticated in this respect; and it would be a highly interesting inquiry to ascertain whether the same preference may not be exhibited in other apes, and consequently how far it may depend upon some necessary and inherent principle of the animal conformation, rather than upon mere education.

All his actions were those of a human infant, and though his powers, both mental and physical, were, comparatively speaking, more developed, he had all the gaiety, playfulness, and curiosity of the child, the same innocence, the same gentleness, the same affection, and the same restless, pettish, and inconstant disposition; even his natural appetites and tastes were similar; he had the same natural fondness for sweets, the same propensity to eat at all times and of all substances, and equally preferred milk and tea to spirituous and fermented liquors.

"In natural shrewdness and sagacity, however,