66 THE MAN-LIRE APES ( 



npright as in man, but bent forward, is somewhat rolling, 07 

 from side to side. The arms being longer than the Chimpanzee, 

 it does not stoop as much in walking ; like that animal, it 

 makes progression by thrusting its arms forward, resting tho 

 hands on the ground, and then giving the body a half jumping, 

 half swinging motion between them. In this act it is said not 

 to flex the fingers, as does the Chimpanzee, resting on its 

 knuckles, but to extend them, making a fulcrum of the hand. 

 "When it assumes the walking posture, to which it is said to 

 be much inclined, it balances its huge body by flexing its arms 

 upward. 



FIG. 11. Gorilla walking (after Wolff). 



" They live in bands, but are not so numerous as the Chim- 

 panzees ; the females generally exceed the other sex in number. 

 My informants all agree in the assertion that but one adult 

 male is seen in a band ; that when the young males grow up, 

 a contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by kill- 

 ing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head 

 of the community." 



Dr. Savage repudiates the stories about the 

 Gorillas carrying off women and vanquishing 

 elephants and then adds 



