TROGLOD^TF.S GORILLA 



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the foot ol tlu' Ih'cI Iroiii wIikIi point of \aiita<i;c' \)v watcln'cl tlic cliscomliture 

 ol liis ^au'st and ])rc|)arfcl tor lurtluT mischu-l. A moment latiT, w lu-n again 

 less sliarpl\ watclu-cl, he sudclinl\ luiilecl hinisell' with his full weight, 



('ouTtcsy, AmtTtcan Mu:s(.um of Xttturul ifislory 



FIGS. 286 AND 28". CASTS OF HAND AND FOOT OF IHE GOKII-LA, JOHN DANIEL. 



C|uite in the most aeeepti'cl h)()tl)all st\ k', agamst a chst niguishi-cl Pmlessor of 

 Zoology who in const'CjiK'nec was thrown Ironi his chaii'. In thi' intcr\als 

 between these |jresnniecll\ pla\ tnl (h\"ersions, the gorilhi sat c|Liietl\ in his 

 ehair w ith a real seiiihhinee ol propter cleeorum and apparentl\ cpiite mdil- 

 lerent to the eonipany. But in s[)itt' ol his innoeeiit demeanor, the very 

 placidity of his manner ga\x' rise to sus|)ieions that he was easting about lor 

 the next pieee ol misehiet wlueh lie might perpetrate. There was such a 

 degree of roughness and such sudden de\elopment of strength in the pla\ ful- 

 ness of this juNenile gorilla, as to allord some idea ol the terrilie |)ower w Inch 

 these animals must possess when lull-grown. Belore departing tor London, 



