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did certain things which were ascribed to the 

 gorilla. 



In view of these facts alone, I am inclined to 

 believe that after all, the sound described is made by 

 the chimpanzee and not by the gorilla. 



Another case in which the gorilla is portrayed is 

 wrong. The female gorilla is represented as carry- 

 ing her young clinging to her waist. I have seen 

 the mother in the forest with her young mounted 

 upon her back, with its arms around her neck and 

 its feet hooked in her armpits. I have never seen 

 the male carry the young, but in a number of speci- 

 mens of advanced age I have seen a mark upon the 

 back and sides which indicates that he does so. It is 

 in the same place that the young rest 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, but 

 appears to be the imprint of something carried there. 

 In a few specimens the hair is worn off until the skin 

 is almost bare. The prongs are more worn than the 

 stem of the figure, which is due to the fact that more 

 weight is borne upon those parts than elsewhere. I 

 do not assert that such is the cause, but it is worthy 

 of note that such is the fact. 



The gorilla is averse to human society. He is 

 morose and sullen in captivity. He frets and pines 

 for his liberty. His face appears to be incapable of 

 expressing anything like a smile, but when in repose 

 it is not repugnant. In anger his visage depicts the 

 savage instincts of his nature. The one which lived 



