24:6 NEIGHBORS WITH CLA WS AND HOOFS. 



for it is evident that the attitude is not an easy one, and 

 it is only adopted because the arms are habitually used to 

 swing by, and are, therefore, naturally held upward in- 

 stead of downward, as they must be when walking on 

 them." 



CHAPTER XLI. 



TAILLESS TREE-CLIMBERS OF THE WILDS. 



1. OF the gorilla, Du Chaillu says : " My long resi- 

 dence in Africa gave me superior facilities for intercourse 

 with the natives, and., as my curiosity was greatly excited 



The Gorilla at Home. 



