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than probable that the other does not. The same logic 

 applies to the beating. Many things that are known to 

 the chimpanzee are taken for granted in the gorilla ; but it 

 is erroneous to suppose that in such habits as these they 

 would be identical. In view of the facts I am inclined 

 to believe the sounds described are made by the chimpanzee 

 and not by the gorilla. 



There is another case in which the gorilla is wrongly 

 portrayed. The female gorilla is represented as carrying 

 her young clinging to her waist. I have seen the mother 

 in the forest, with her young mounted upon her back, its 

 arms around her neck, and its feet hooked in her armpits. 

 I have never seen the male carry the young, but in a num- 

 ber of specimens of advanced age I have seen and called 

 attention to the mark upon the back and sides which indi- 

 cates that he does this. It is in the same place that the 

 young one rests upon the back of the mother. In form it 

 is like an inverted Y, with the base resting on the neck and 

 the prongs reaching under the arms. This mark is not one 

 of nature. It is the imprint of something carried there. In 

 some specimens the hair is worn off until the skin is almost 

 bare. The prongs are more worn than the stem of the 

 figure. This is due to the fact that the abrasion is greater 

 upon those parts than elsewhere. I do not assert that such 

 is the cause, but I do assert that such is the fact. 



The gorilla is averse to human society. In captivity he 

 is morose and sullen. He frets and pines for his liberty. 

 His face appears to be incapable of expressing anything 

 resembling a smile, but when in repose it is not repugnant. 

 In anger his visage depicts the savage instincts of his 



