THE MAN-SHAPED APES— GORILLA. 



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FACE OF A CHIUFAHZEE. This is an excellent picture of the Chimpanzee, displaying to the greatest 



advantage the immense frontal ridge above the eye as well as the great ears for which it is noted. The large, 

 slit-like mouth with the extended lower lip, the length of the upper lip, the misshapen nose and the deep-set eyes, 

 are all brought out with the most faithful exactitude. 



them and conveyed the skins to Carthage." Pliny 

 tells us that these skins were kept in the temple of 

 Juno, in the fatter city. 



There is* scarcely any doubt that Hanno, in speak- 

 ing of wild men covered with hair, 

 can only mean a Man-shaped Ape, 

 and though he might have had 

 the Chimpanzee in view, it is now 

 known that the greatest of the 

 Apes is the Gorilla. 



THE GORILLA. 



The Gorilla, Njina, or in the 

 language of the natives, Mpungo, 

 {^Gorilla gina), the sole represent- 

 ative of the family of the Gorillas, 

 is scarcely smaller but a great deal 

 broader in the shoulders than a 

 full-grown Man. The height of 

 the male reaches on an average 

 from sixty to seventy-two inches ; 

 the width of the shoulders thirty- 

 eight inches. The females are 

 smaller. The length and strength 

 of the trunk and the upper ex- 

 tremities, the large size of the 

 hands and. feet, the middle fingers 

 and toes of which are joined by 

 membranes, form the most prom- 

 inent, characteristics. The most 

 striking features in the large head, 

 which because of the shortness of 

 the neck and its powerful muscles 

 seems to be set immediately on 

 the trunk, are the prominent 

 arches of the eyebrows, the eyes 

 lying deep in their sockets, the 

 broad, flat nose, and the large 



mouth, bounded by thick 

 lips and provided with a 

 fearful set of teeth. The 

 hair is rather long, shaggy^ 

 of dark colors, gray, brown 

 or reddish. The face is 

 left free from hair to the 

 eyebrows, as also the ears 

 and the hands and feet 

 laterally and at the extrem- 

 ities. 



It is still impossible to 

 determine the native coun- 

 try of the Gorilla exactly. 

 It seems to be found only 

 in a relatively limited part 

 of western Africa, or, more 

 definitely speaking, in 

 Lower Guinea. It has been 

 seen on the coast between 

 the equator and the fifth 

 parallel of south latitude, 

 and in the western parts of 

 the adjoining mountains. 

 As it always lives in 

 woods, it is not probable 

 that it would be found to 

 the south as far as the 

 Congo or beyond the 

 mountains to the east, 

 though it might go to the 

 north of the Ogowe and the 

 Gaboon country, at least as 

 far as Cameroon, as that part of the continent has 

 more rain, and, in consequence, abounds in woodts. 

 It is possible that ' the Gorilla also lives in those 

 parts of Upper Guinea that are equally favored. 



PBOFILE OF A CHIMFANZEE. This picture shows to good advantage the large and slit- 

 like mouth, the mild and gentle eye and the quaintly shaped nose that are peculiarities of the Chim- 

 panzee. While decidedly unattractive there is absent the ferocity that marks the countenance of the 

 Gorilla. And indeed the Chimpanzee has a disposition that is gentle and kind except when it has suf- 

 fered from privation or age and infirmity overcome it. 



