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within about three feet of it. He walked around the gorilla 

 a couple of times, keeping his face towards it, and gradu- 

 ally getting a little nearer. At length he came up within 

 a few inches of one side of the gorilla and stopped. He 

 stood almost on tiptoe, with only the ends of his fingers 

 touching the ground. The gorilla continued to eat his food 

 without so much as giving Moses a look. Moses placed 

 his mouth near the ear of the gorilla and gave one terrific 

 yell. The gorilla did not flinch or even turn his eyes. 

 Moses stood for a moment looking as if in surprise that he 

 had made no impression. After this time he made some 

 friendly overtures to the gorilla, but the latter did not 

 entertain them with favor, beyond maintaining terms of 

 peace. They never quarreled, but Othello always treated 

 Moses as an inferior. I do not know if he entertained a 

 real feeling of contempt, but his manner was haughty and 

 condescending. 



There were but few articles of food that he and Moses 

 liked in common, and, therefore, they had no occasion to 

 quarrel ; but they never played together or cultivated any 

 friendly terms, as the chimpanzees did among themselves. 

 This may have been due to the fact that the gorilla was so 

 exclusive in his demeanor towards the chimpanzee as to 

 forbid all attempts of the latter to become intimate. The 

 chimpanzee by nature is more sociable and is fond of human 

 society. He imitates the actions of man in many things 

 and quickly adapts himself to new conditions, while the 

 srorilla is selfish and retiring:. He can seldom be reconciled 

 to human society. He does not imitate man nor readily 

 yield to the influence of civilization. 



