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never upright as in man, but bent forward, is somewhat 
rolling, or from side to side. The arms being longer than 
the Chimpanzee, it does 
not stoop as much in 
walking ; like that ani- 
mal, it makes progres- 
sion by thrusting its 
arms forward, resting 
the hands on _ the 
ground, and then giving 
the body a half jumping 
half swinging motion 
between them. In 
this act it is said not to flex the fingers, as does the Chim- 
panzee, resting on its knuckles, but to extend them, making 
a fulcrum of the hand. When it assumes the walking pos- 
ture, to which it is said to be much inclined, it balances its 
huge body by flexing its arms upward. 
They live in bands, but are not so numerous as the Chim- 
panzees: the females generally exceed the other sex in 
number. My informants all agree in the assertion that but 
one adult male is seen in a band; that when the young males 
grow up, a contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, 
by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as 
the head of the community.” 
Dr. Savage repudiates the stories about the Gorillas 
carrying off women and vanqnishing elephants, and then 
adds— 
“Their dwellings, if they may be so called, are similar to 
those of the Chimpanzee, consisting simply of a few sticks 
and leafy branches, supported by the crotches and limbs of 
trees: they afford no shelter, and are occupied only at night. 
“They are exceedingly ferocious, and always offensive in 
their habits, never running from man, as does the Chim- 
panzee. They are objects of terror to the natives, and are 
never encountered by them except on the defensive. The few 
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Fie. 11.—Gorilla walking (after Wolff.) 
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