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nimble about it, or if they were so wanton as to 

 take a bite themselves, the paterfamilias growled 

 and gave them a cuff on the head (7). Notwith- 

 standing the sensational tales of the ferocity of 

 this being, the gorilla never attacks anyone at 

 any time unless he is molested (7). He much 

 prefers to attend to his own business. But if he 

 is not allowed to do so, if he is attacked, he 

 is as fearless as a machine. He approaches his 

 antagonist walking upright and beating his breast 

 with his fists. He presents one of the most 

 terrifying of all spectacles, as, with gleaming 

 eyes, hair erect, and resounding yells, he bears 

 down on the object of his resentment. The 

 natives fear the gorilla more than they fear any 

 other animal. 



The chimpanzee in his native wilds lives in 

 small tribes consisting of a few families each. 

 Like the gorilla, it passes the most of its time on 

 the ground, going among the trees only for food 

 or sleep. It builds a sleeping-place at night in 

 the trees, as in the case of the gorilla. Brehm, 

 who brought up a number of chimpanzees in his 

 own home as comrades and playmates of his 

 children, and who studied them and associated 

 with them for years, says: 'The chimpanzee is 

 not only one of the cleverest of all creatures, but 

 a being capable of deliberation and judgment. 

 Everything he does is done consciously and 

 deliberately. He looks upon all other animals, 

 except man, as very inferior to himself. He 

 treats children entirely different from grown-up 



