. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. GENERAL DESCRIFTIUK OF TUE GORILLA. IT another which is less prominent, and placed across the back of the skidl, from the back of one ear to that of the other. The animal has the power of moving the flesh and skin which constitute the scal[> freely forwards and backwards, so that when it is in a rage its scowl is made all the more threatening and ugly by its frowning and bringing do^vii the hairy ridge close to above the eyes. The hazel eyes iire large, and they are separated by a small prominent bridge belonging to the nose, the rest o
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. GENERAL DESCRIFTIUK OF TUE GORILLA. IT another which is less prominent, and placed across the back of the skidl, from the back of one ear to that of the other. The animal has the power of moving the flesh and skin which constitute the scal[> freely forwards and backwards, so that when it is in a rage its scowl is made all the more threatening and ugly by its frowning and bringing do^vii the hairy ridge close to above the eyes. The hazel eyes iire large, and they are separated by a small prominent bridge belonging to the nose, the rest of which is broad and flattened out. The jaws pi'oject forwards, and are long and wide, the teeth being large and strong, and visible when uncovered by the fleshy and rather hairy lips. The ears are small for the size of the head, when they are compared with those of other Apes, and they as well as the skLu of the face are naked and dark. Nature has been kinder to the females so far as beauty is concerned, for they have less marked crests of hair, smaller brows, and shorter side teeth, and therefore more amiable faces under all cu'cumstances. Of course the outside appearance of the head has much to do with the skull beneath, and this has been very carefully studied by anatomists. As a whole, the skull of a full-grown male Gorilla is larger than that of a man, but it is lighter, although it appears to be more massive on account of its being marked by gi-eat bony ridges or crests, which correspond with the lines of hair on the top and back of the head, one being on the top like the crest of a helmet, and the other crossing the back and reaching the other so as to form a rude X shape. Careful measurement proves the great size of the Gorilla's skull as a whole, and that this is dependent mainly on the dimensions of the bones of the face, the cavity for the brain being smaller than that of man. But it does not appear at first very easy to exj>lain how it is that this massive-looki
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