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altogether the most human of the three. A young chiirv 

 panzee reminds one rather of an old man than of a child, 

 and the same may be said of young orangs ; but the young 

 gorilla unmistakably reminds one of the young negro. 

 Repeatedly, while watching Pongo, I was reminded of the 

 looks and behaviour of young negroes whom I had seen in 

 America, though not able in every case to fix definitely 

 on the feature of resemblance which recalled the negro to 

 my mind. (The reader is, doubtless, familiar with half- 

 remembered traits such as those I refer to traits, for 

 instance, such as assure you that a person belongs to some 

 county or district, though you may be unable to say what 

 feature, expression, or gesture suggests the idea.) One cir- 

 cumstance may be specially noted, not only as frequently re- 

 curring, but as illustrating the traits on which the resemblance 

 of the gorilla (when young, at any rate) to the negro depends. 

 A negro turns his eyes where a Caucasian would turn his 

 head. The peculiarity is probably a relic of savage life ; for 

 the savage, whether engaged in war or in the chase, avoids, 

 as far as possible, every movement of body or limb. Pongo 

 looked in this way. When he thus cast his black eyes 

 sideways at an object I found myself reminded irresistibly 

 of the ways of the watchful negro waiters at an American 

 hotel. Certainly there is little in the movements of the 

 chimpanzee to remind one of any kind of human child. He 

 is impish ; but not the most impish child of any race or tribe 

 ever had ways, I should suppose, resembling his. 



The four anthropoid apes, full grown and in their native 

 wilds, differ greatly from each other in character. It may 

 be well to consider their various traits, endeavouring to 

 ascertain how far diversities existing among them may be 

 traced to the conditions under which the four orders subsist. 



The gorilla occupies a well-wooded country extending 

 along the coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea southwards 

 across the equator. When full grown he is equal to a man 

 in height, but much more powerfully built " Of specimens 

 shot by Du Chaillu," says Rymer Jones, " the largest male 



