LESSONS LV ZOOLOGY. 315 



very long arms; the ourang-outang, a native of Borneo; the go- 

 rilla and chimpanzee of Africa. 



Man. Man, in his physical structure, resembles the anthro- 

 poid apes in innumerable particulars. His hand may be more 

 perfect; his pelvis, legs and feet may fit him for a firm and erect 

 position, and he may differ in every particular detail of physical 

 structure from the apes, yet the difference is only in degree not in 

 kind. And not till we consider the size and development of the 

 brain and cranium and the correlative greater intellectual 

 capacity does the gap between man and other animals reveal 

 itself. 



