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QUADRUMANA. 



amazing size and power. The great toe or thumb measures six 

 inches in circumference Tlie palms and soles, and the naked part 

 of the face, are of an intense black colour, as is also the breast. The 

 other parts are thickly clothed with hair of an iron-grey, except the 

 head on whicli it is reddish brown, and the arms, where it is long and 

 nearly black. The female is wholly tinged with red. 



Fig. 486.— goru.la. 



The general appearance of this formidable Ape in his native 

 woods may be gleaned from M. Du Chaillu's very graphic descrip- 

 tion : — " Suddenly, as we were yet creepins: along in a silence which 

 made a heavy breath seem loud and distinct, the woods were at 

 once filled with a tremendous barking roar. Then the underbrusli 

 swayed rapidly just ahead, and presently stood before us an im- 

 mense Gorilla. He had gone tlirough the jungle on his all-fours, 

 but when he saw our party he erected himself, and looked us boldly 

 in the face. 



" He stood about a dozen yards from us, and was a sight I think 

 I shall never forget. Nearly six feet high ''he proved four inches 

 shorter), with immense body, huge chest, and great muscular arms, 

 with fiercely glaring, large, deep-grey eyes, and a hellish expression 



