. Apes and monkeys; their life and language . SKULLS OF GORILLAS —FRONT VIEW(From a Photograph in Buffalo Museum.). SKULLS OF GORILLAS —PROFILE VIEW(From a Photograph in Buffalo Museum.) PECULIARITIES OF THE SKULL 221 four hours walk from my cage, and his body was at oncebrought to me. A good idea of his size can be obtainedby reference to another cut given herewith. This cut iscopied from a photograph taken by me. It shows somenatives in the act of skinning the gorilla. In this picture the gorilla is sitting flat on the sand ; hisbody is limp and is somewhat shorter than it was in it
. Apes and monkeys; their life and language . SKULLS OF GORILLAS —FRONT VIEW(From a Photograph in Buffalo Museum.). SKULLS OF GORILLAS —PROFILE VIEW(From a Photograph in Buffalo Museum.) PECULIARITIES OF THE SKULL 221 four hours walk from my cage, and his body was at oncebrought to me. A good idea of his size can be obtainedby reference to another cut given herewith. This cut iscopied from a photograph taken by me. It shows somenatives in the act of skinning the gorilla. In this picture the gorilla is sitting flat on the sand ; hisbody is limp and is somewhat shorter than it was in it can be seen that the top of his head is higher thanthe hip of the man who is holding him. In the foreground,on the left of the gorilla, sits the man who killed him. Heis sitting on a log and is thereby a little more elevated thanthe gorilla. It did not occur to me to place them side byside in order to make a comparison. As he sits, the bodyand head of this gorilla measure nearly four feet from thebase of the spinal column to the top of the head. I had nomeans of weighing him, but made an estimate by lifting
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