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of the gorilla or any member of his family, for there could be no question that the 

 animal had discovered the hunters, and it was contrary to his nature to remain in 

 the vicinity or allow any of his relatives to do so. 



It was not the gorilla that Gyp had detected, but a creature almost as interesting. 



The genus troglodytes contains only two species that upon which our friends 

 had just looked, and the chimpanzee, which is the troglodytes niger. The adult 

 male of the latter is about five feet in height, and is much less powerful than the 

 gorilla, with which it lives at peace in the jungle. 



HSAD or THE GORILLA, FRONT VIEW. 



The skin is of a yellowish white tint, scantily covered with long black hair in 

 front and more behind. The hair on the head is rather thin, being thickest on the 

 forehead, with a few stiff hairs on the eyebrows and with a scanty eyelash. The 

 /ace is naked and the skin whitish and wrinkled. 



The ears are exactly like those of a man, but very prominent and much larger pro- 

 portionately than the gorilla's. The nose doesn't amount to anything, appearing to 

 be more of a depression than a projection. The nostrils open upward and the 

 jaws protrude excessively. The mouth is wide, the lips thin and lacking that recur- 

 vation that gives so much expression to our countenances. The spread of the 



