OTHER KULU-KAMBAS 



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receding forehead, conspired to make her look Hke a 

 certain type of human being one frequently sees. 

 This gave her what is known as a dish-face, or a 

 concave profile. She had a habit of compressing 

 her nose by contracting the muscles of the face ; 

 curling her lips as if in scorn, and at the same time 

 glancing at those around her as if to express the 

 most profound contempt. 



Whatever may have been the sentiment in her 

 mind, her face was a picture of disdain, and the 

 circumstances under which she made use of these 

 grimaces, certainly pointed to the fact that she felt 

 just like she looked. At other times her visage 

 would be covered with a perfect smile. It was 

 something more than a grin, and the fact that it was 

 used only at a time when she was pleased or diverted, 

 showed that the emotion which gave rise to it was 

 perfectly in keeping with the face itself In repose 

 her face was neither pretty nor ugly. It did not 

 strongly depict a high mental status, nor yet portray 

 the instincts of a brute ; but her countenance was as 

 safe an index to the mind as that of the human 

 being. This is true of the chimpanzee more perhaps 

 than of any other ape. The gorilla doubtless feels 

 the sense of pleasure, but his face does not yield to 

 the emotion, while the opposite passions are ex- 

 pressed with great intensity, and with the common 

 chimpanzee it is the same way, but not to the same 

 extent. 



The kulu in question was more of a coquette than 

 she was of a shrew. She plainly showed that she 



