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THE MONKEYS 



pounds. Its forearms are long and very strong, so that 

 it can easily crush a man to death. The hair, or fur, 

 is black ; the nose is flat ; the ridges of the forehead 



are prominent; the 

 teeth are powerful ; 

 and its expression is 

 demoniac and terri- 

 ble. When enraged 

 the animal has a 

 habit of roaring 

 loudly and beating 

 its chest with its 

 clenched fist. 



Ranking next to 

 the gorilla in size 

 is the chimpanzee 

 (Fig. 1 86). Its skel- 

 eton tells the story 

 of its strength and power, while its general appearance is 

 hideous and forbidding. 



Perhaps the most human of all these forms is the 

 orang-outang (Fig. 187), found in the islands of Borneo 

 and Sumatra. It lives in the deep jungles, swinging 

 from tree to tree, and rarely coming to the ground. In 

 some, the face is surrounded by a singular, fleshy plate 

 or pad, which gives them a strange expression. Many 

 of these apes have been brought to America and 

 trained. When clothed they have an unpleasantly human 

 aspect. One which I observed, sat at a table and ate 

 with better table manners than some people ; it used 

 a napkin, and after dinner smoked a pipe with all the 



Fig. 186. — The Chimpanzee. 



