42 APES AND MONKEYS. 



the tips ; while on the neck and shoulders it tends to become Kghter at the tips. 



A dark grey colour seems to characterise the tips of the haii-s over the greater 



portion of the body and the upper parts of the limbs : but below the tips these 



hairs have a dark brown ring, beneath which they again become lighter. On the 



lower parts of the Hmbs and hands the haii-s are darker at their tips, where thej' 



varj' from brown to black ; but in some indi\-iduals these portions of the limbs 



may be covered, like the tnmk, with a mixture of grey and brown haii-s. 



External The hair consists of an outer coat of long stiff bristles, and of a 



Covering-. shorter inner coat of fine short cui'ly hairs, approximating to a woolly 



nature. The moderately long hair on the crown of the head is veiy stiif, and can 



be erected when the animal is enraged. Although the front and sides of the chin 



have but a short covering of hair, its under portion has a distinct beard or iiiff 



By far the longest hair on the upper part of the body is that growing on the 



shoiddei-s, and hanging down thence on to the back and upper part of the arms. The 



lenjrth of this hair is, however, somewhat exceeded bv that growing on the thighs. 



On the chest and the rest of the under parts the hair is much shorter ; that on the 



chest generally taking an upward and outward direction. The woolly under-haii 



is not verj" thick, and has no tendency to mat together. The long hair of the 



shouldei-s, back, and tliighs communicates a generally shaggy appearance to the 



gorilla, although this is much less marked than in the orang. 



The female jjorilla, as we have already mentioned, is much 

 Female. o ' v ' 



smaller than the male, and does not generally exceed some four and 



a half feet in height. The whole build is, moreover, relatively weaker, the tusks 

 are but slightly developed, and the skull is proportionately smaller and more 

 rounded, lAnthout the huge bony arches over the eyes. It appeai-s, moreover, that 

 in the adult female the bridge of the nose is relatively shorter than in the male, 

 while the cheeks are wider, and the upper lip longer than is usually the case in the 

 latter. The general appearance of the female gorilla is, therefore, considerably less 

 ferocious and repulsive than that of her lord and master. 



Ha\nng now made our readers acquainted with the chief characters of the 

 gorUla, we proceed fii-stly to notice the tUstricts and nature of the countrj- it in- 

 habits, and then to say something as to its mode of life. 

 Geographical The geographical range of the goi-illa is veiy much more re- 



Distribution. gtricted than is that of the chimpanzee, being limited to that district 

 of Western Equatorial Afiica, Ijnng between 2° north latitude and 5° south latitude, 

 and apparently not extencUng further into the interior than 16° east longitude. Tliis 

 hot and miasmatous region includes the mouths of the rivei-s Ogavai, Gabun, and Muni, 

 and also the range of mountains mnning for about a hundred miles in a northerly 

 direction between the former and the Camemns, known as the SieiTa do CristaL 

 According to the medical missionary, Mr. H. A Ford, already- alluded to, gorillas 

 are most common in the Sierra do Cristal, and have al.so been found a day^'s journey 

 from the mouth of the Muni. During the years 18.51 and 1852 numbere of goiillas, 

 probably driven from the interior by want of food, were seen on the coast of the 

 Gabun district, several of which were killed : the specimens sent by Captain Harris 

 to London, and by Mi". Ford to Philadelphia being probably some of these. Subse- 

 quently to 1852 they appear never to have been seen on the coast. According 



