GORILLAS 



I do not know whether the heads of those with 

 the crests were the same colour as No. 6 or not, but 

 the ntyii, which I have mentioned as possibly a new 

 species of the gorilla, does not have this crown of 

 red. His ears are also said to be larger than those 

 of the gorilla, but smaller than the chimpanzee's, 

 and he is reputed to grow to a larger size than either 

 of them. 



The skin of the gorilla is a dull black or mummy- 

 colour over the body, but that of the face is a jet 

 black, quite smooth and soft. It looks almost like 

 velvet. 



One fact peculiar to this ape is, that the palms of 

 both hands and feet are perfectly black. In other 

 animals these are usually lighter in colour than the 

 exposed parts. In all races of men, in all other 

 apes, monkeys, baboons, and lemurs, the palms are 

 lighter than the backs of the hands, and the same 

 is true of the feet. The thumb of the gorilla is 

 more perfect than that of the chimpanzee, yet it is 

 smaller in proportion to the hand than in man. 

 The hand is very large, but has more the shape of 

 the hand of a woman than that of man. The 

 fingers taper in a graceful manner, but appear much 

 shorter, by reason of the web alluded to, than they 

 really are. It is not really a web, in the true sense, 

 but the integument between the fingers is extended 

 down almost to the second joint, but the forward 

 edge of the web, when the fingers are spread, is 

 concave ; when brought together, the skin on the 



