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Introduction ’ * “ 4 * 
CLASS MAMMALIA. 
ORDER I.— QTJADRUMANA.— 1 THE APES AND MONKEYS, 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION — THE M .AN -SHAPED APES — THE GORILLA, 
The World of Monkeys, and its Division into great Groups -Distinction between the Old World and New World Monkeys 
—Classification of Monkeys -The Gorilla, Ancient and Modern Stories about it— Investigations of Savage and 
Du Chaillu— General Description— The Head, Brain, Teeth, Taste, Smell, and Voice -The Air Sacs, and Ear 
The Limbs and Muscles— Method of Climbing— Diet— Hunting the Gorilla— Attempts to Capture Alive- A Tame 
Gorilla ........ ••••••••••••• ^ 
CHAPTER II. 
THE MAN- SHAPED APES ( continued ) — THE XSCHIEGO MBOUVE — THE KOOLO-KAMBA — THE SOKO — THE CHIMPANZEE. 
The Nschiego Mbouve — Its Nests and Habits — A Specimen Shot — Differences between it and the Gorilla— Structural 
Peculiarities — The Koolo-Kamba — Meaning of the Name — Discovered by Du Chaillu— Its Outward Appearance 
and Anatomy — The Soko — Discovered by Livingstone Hunting the Soko— The Chimpanzee— In Captivity — On 
board Ship— A Young Chimpanzee— The Brain and Nerves— Anatomical Peculiarities - General Remarks upon the 

CHAPTER III. 
THE MAN-SHAPED APES (continued) — GENUS JSii/tift — TI1E ORANG-UTAN. 
Origin of the Name Description of the Orang Rajah Brooke’s First Specimen— Mr. Wallace’s Experiences in Mias 
Hunting— The Home of the Mias— A Mias at Bay Their Nests, Habits, Food, and Localities— Different kinds of 
Orangs — Structural Points The Intelligence and Habits of the Young —The Brain and its Case Resemblances 
and Differences of Old and Young 
CHAPTER IY. 
THE MAN-SHAPED APES ( concluded ) — THE GIBBONS — THE SIAMANGS — THE TRUE GIBBONS. 
General Characteristics of the Species— The Siamang — Its Habits and Anatomy Distinctness from the Orangs and 
Gibbons— Special Peculiarities— The White-handed Gibbon— Where Found— Its Cry -Its Habits— Special 
Anatomical Features The HQOLOOK — Where Found -A Young One in Captivity —Shape of the Skull The 
W'ooyen Ape— Its Appearance and Habits -The Wow -wow — Very little known about it 1 he Agile Gibbon 
Reason of the Name— Peculiarities of the Anatomy — General Comparison of the Different \ arieties of the Great 
Apes 
CHAPTER Y. 
THE DOG-S1IATED MONKEYS — SEMXOPITIIECUS — COLOBUS. 
General Characteristics of the Monkeys of the Old World — Distinguished from the Apes by Length of the Hinder Limbs 
and presence of Tails Divided into those with and those without Cheek -pouches Use of the Cheek-pouclies 
The two Genera of Pouchless Monkeys— The Sacred Monkeys, or Semnopitlieci— Derivation of the Name— 
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