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of his, has the same ridges or convolutions, although, 

 in proportion, these are simpler and larger. The 

 number of teeth in man and the manlike apes is the 

 same, but in the latter the canines are longer. The 

 chimpanzee makes its nest in trees, swinging from 

 branch to branch to a great distance, and leaping with 

 astonishing agility. " It is not unusual to see the c old 

 folks ' sitting under a tree regaling themselves with 

 fruit and friendly chat, while their ' children ' are 

 leaping around them, and swinging from tree to tree 

 with boisterous merriment." 1 



The Gorilla is the largest and most savage of the 

 four. It is about five feet and a half in height ; its 

 body is massive and powerful, and covered with coarse 

 black hair. The arms reach to the middle of the leg, 

 and, of all the anthropoids, the feet and hands most 

 approximate to those of man. It has very long 

 canine teeth, although these are relatively smaller than 

 in the primitive mammal. Its ponderous body renders 

 it less agile for arboreal life, hence it dwells chiefly on 

 the ground, resting its arms on the knuckles of the 

 hands as it shambles along in a half-swinging motion. 

 The gorillas live in bands, but are not so numerous 

 as the chimpanzees : the females generally exceed the 

 males in number. " My informants all agree in the 

 assertion that but one adult male is seen in a band \ 



1 Dr. Savage, quoted in Mail's Place in Nature, p. 43 (1863). 



