. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. '^:^mt:' 'A PALM or THE lUOT Op 101NG GORILLA (From the Tii BACK OF THE HAND OF YOVKG GOUILLA. of the Zoological Society of London.) project very slightly beyond the ends of the fingers. They are thick and strong, and always .seem much worn. The hand of the Gorilla is almost as wide as it is long, and in this it approaches nearer to that of man than any of the other Apes. The foot is proportionally wider than in man ; the sole is callous, and intensely black, and looks somewhat like a giaiit hand of immense power and grasp. The transverse
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. '^:^mt:' 'A PALM or THE lUOT Op 101NG GORILLA (From the Tii BACK OF THE HAND OF YOVKG GOUILLA. of the Zoological Society of London.) project very slightly beyond the ends of the fingers. They are thick and strong, and always .seem much worn. The hand of the Gorilla is almost as wide as it is long, and in this it approaches nearer to that of man than any of the other Apes. The foot is proportionally wider than in man ; the sole is callous, and intensely black, and looks somewhat like a giaiit hand of immense power and grasp. The transverse wrinkles show the frequency and freedom of movement of the two joints of the great toe-thumb, proxdng that they have a power of grasp. The middle toe, or third, is longer than the second and fourth, and this is unlike the foot in man. The toes are divided into three groups, so to speak ; inside the great toe, outside the little toe, and the three others partly united by a web. Du Chaillu thinks that in no other animal is the foot .so well adapted for the maintenance of the erect position, and he ei-roneously believed that the Gorilla is much less of a tree-climber than any other Ape. The foot in the Gorilla is certainly longer than the hand, as in man. These descriptions are fairly con-ect, but it is necessary to examine the results of the later writers on the subject, from whom we may glean the following facts. The Gorilla has a large head, and on looking at a stuffed specimen one is at once struck with the width and length of the face, and the gi-eat prominent brows immediately over the eyes. There appears to be no forehead, for the head recedes rapidly backwards, and then comes a high ridge of hair, in old males, running from before backwards on the top of the scalp, and meeting. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemb
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