78 Darwin, and after Darwin. 



of things in the Quadrumana, seeing that in all these 

 animals the feet are similarly curved inwards, to 

 facilitate the grasping of branches. And even when 

 walking on the ground apes and monkeys employ to 

 a great extent the outside edges of their feet, as does 



FIG. 12. Portrait of a young male gorilla (after Hartmanni. 



also a child when learning to walk. The feet of a 

 young child are also extraordinarily mobile in all 

 directions, as are those of apes. In order to show 

 these points, I here introduce comparative drawings 

 of a young ape and the lower extremities of a still 

 younger child. These drawings, moreover, serve at the 



