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beats his breast, and gives a loud and terrific 

 roar. His food is vegetables, sugar-cane, ber- 

 ries, and fruits. 



25. The CHIMPANZEE, the BABOON, APE and 

 ORANG-OUTANG are smaller than the Gorilla. 

 The Gorilla and Chimpanzee have both been 

 called " wild men of the woods." 



26. The common MONKEY has a flat face 

 and long tail ; it is a great mimic, quite 

 ingenious and very mischievous. There are 

 many varieties of monkeys. Some seem to be 

 constantly chattering, crying, jumping and 

 swinging, while others are grave and silent. In 

 some parts of India a light-colored monkey is 

 considered sacred by the natives. 



2.7. Monkeys in South America have a curious way of 

 crossing a stream. One holds on to a limb of a tree, and 

 to him a long line of monkeys will fasten themselves by 

 means of their arms and tails. When the line is long 

 enough, they will swing themselves until the one at the 

 other end of the line will swing across to a tree on the 

 opposite bank, and take hold of it ; then the first monkey 

 lets go, and all swing across. 



28. The Gorilla and Chimpanzee are found in the for- 

 ests of Western Africa : the Monkeys, Apes, etc., in the 

 warm parts of Asia, Africa, South America, and on the 

 islands southeast of Asia. 



29. The celebrated traveler Du Chaillu tells some very 

 interesting stories about Gorillas, which he was the first to 

 capture. 



