 I could learn from the natives, they do not reach their full growth till 29 between nine and ten years of age, which, if true, brings them extremely near the human species, as the boy or girl of West Africa, at thirteen or fourteen years old, is quite...  The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art - Page 1931840Full view - About this book
 | William Charles Linnaeus Martin - 1840 - 438 pages
...conclude) by these animals, only for food or observation : from the natives he learned that " they do not reach their full growth till between nine and...of age ; which, if true, brings them extremely near to the human species ; as the boy or girl of West Africa, at thirteen or fourteen years old, is quite... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...by these animals, only for food or observation : from the natives he learned that " they do notreach their full growth till between nine and ten years of age; which, if true, brings them extremely near to the human species ; as the boy or girl of West Africa, at thirteen or fourteen years old, is quite... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pages
...observation or food, and that they live principally on the ground. The natives informed him, that they do not reach their full growth till between nine and...of nineteen or twenty in our more northern clime. Theirheight when full grown is said to be between four and five feet ; indeed, I was credibly informed... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 320 pages
...concludes that it ascends trees only for food or for observation; from the negroes he learned that " they do not reach their full growth till between nine and...of age; which if true, brings them extremely near to the human species; as the boy or girl of West Africa, at thirteen or fourteen years old, is quite... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...concludes that it ascends trees only for food or for observation ; from the negroes he learned that " they do not reach their full growth till between nine and...of age ; which, if true, brings them extremely near to the human species ; as the boy or girl of West Africa, at thirteen or fourteen years old, is quite... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 pages
...that these animals climb trees only for food or observation. From the natives he learned that they do not reach their full growth till between nine and ten years of age. Their height, at maturity, is said to be between four and five feet, and he mentions one as brought... | |
 | Half hours - 1877 - 400 pages
...intelligent of apes — the chimpanzee. According to the accounts given by the natives, these animals do not reach their full growth till between nine and ten years of age. Their height, when full grown, is said to be between four and five feet ; indeed, I was credibly informed... | |
 | John Hogg (publisher.) - 1878 - 536 pages
...quite equal to the commonest species of monkeys. According to the accounts given by the natives, they do not reach their full growth till between nine and...fourteen years old, is quite as much a man or woman as at nineteen or twenty in our more northern clime. Their height, when full grown, is said to be between... | |
 | 1840 - 626 pages
...purchase, appeared to be about fourteen months old, and from what I could learn from the natives, they do not reach their full growth till between nine and...human species, as the boy or girl of West Africa, Ann. Nat. Hist. Vol. 4. No. 23. Nov. 1839. Q at thirteen or fourteen years old, is quite as much a... | |
 | Zoological Society of London - 1839 - 208 pages
...months old, and from what I could learn from the natives, they do not reach their full growth till 29 between nine and ten years of age, which, if true,...Their height, when full grown, is said to be between four and five feet : indeed, I was credibly informed that a male Chimpanzee, which had been shot in... | |
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