14 APES AND MONKEYS 



and repulsive, and the shape of its skull is much farther from 

 that of man than are those of the chimpanzee and orang- 

 utan. Its skin is black, and the hair of full-grown specimens 

 is grizzly gray. 



The Gorilla inhabits only a very small area in West Africa, 

 directly on the Equator, between the Gaboon and Congo 

 Rivers, and extending only two hundred miles back from the 

 coast. It is very shy, and so difficult to approach in those 

 dark and tangled forests that very few white men have ever 

 seen one wild. 



One of the most remarkable specimens ever secured was 

 the huge old male killed and photographed by Mr. H. Paschen, 

 a German trader, near Tsonu Town, German Cameroon 

 country, two hundred and forty miles north of the Equator, 

 in 1901. This animal, photographed in the flesh, with three 

 natives beside it for comparison, to show its immense size, 

 was shot in a tree, without difficulty or danger. It measured 

 66 inches in height, its chest, arms, and shoulders were of 

 gigantic proportions, and its weight was estimated at 500 

 pounds. Twelve men were required to carry it from the 

 jungle to the village, where it was photographed. 



On account of the sullen, sulky disposition of the Gorilla 

 in captivity, only one of the four or five young specimens 

 that have been brought to Europe has lived longer than about 

 eighteen months. They sulk, often refuse food, will not exer- 

 cise, and die of indigestion. Up to January 1, 1914, only two 

 live Gorillas have landed in the United States. One of them 

 lived five days and the other ten days. The latter was im- 

 ported in 1912 by the New York Zoological Society, and while 



