The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-22

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he.d on the handa In cold. windy. and rainy
nIsht, the or.oes cover themselves with
br.nehss and hide their heads therein. They
climb yery slowly and cautiously. more like .
man than an ape never make 4 sprine and FIRST
tat the branches. az 10 whether they will bear.
by shaking them In the wild state very
sbV and even dappsrous they are easily
tsmsd and attsebable When pursued they
hurl down branches and heavy fruits from thu
trees. An orsne studied in captivity By Dr.
Muller vss found to possess great intelli-
oeuca The Dyaks Of Borneo distin guish rsv-
er.l spsclsr Of orapQs. but Il IL suggested that
these NAV correspond 10 Individual varia-
tions which among the oranRs are very
marked. The skulls which have been sub
mitted 10 Inspeetion have shown 40 great
variations AZ are noticeable between pro-
nounced tvpes Of the Cauoasian and the Afri-
can raess I'm man
Similar facts have been recorded BY the OBJ
seryers OF the two African apss the chlmran-
,se and the gorilla or tho adult chin ranzess
measured nv DR. Savage none exceed ed i've feet
IN height. They stand upright, leaning slightly
torvard. hut readily fall again upon all tours.
in which nosItion the hands touch the ground.
not with In. inner surface. but with the thick
ened o.s,eles Of the outer aide. They are good
cIimbers; dwell in company. ret seldom more
than Az. together: they defend themselve.
chiefly with their teeth make nests or beds on
the lower branches of trees; show In their
habits N him deoroe OF intelligence, especially
much affection for their young, and are said
By hunters to display. when pursued and
wounded. vsrJ human-lise department. me
natives say that the ehimpanzess. who ara met
with from Sierra Leone to the congo. were
once members OF the human race. Tut were
excluded from the society OF man on account
Of bad conduct; and little BY little degenerated
to their present condition. VI the anthropoio
apes In general. 1t IL observed that they are
much more willingly Acknowledged as broth
ers by primitive or savage tribes than by
peoples advanced In CIVILIZATION. According
to Prof. Bischoh. the natives OF Guinea ana
those OF Java look respectively upon the ehim-
banzee and the oranR-outang as men who
could speak II they would. but who from mere
laziness behave as ~ they could not. Inc SIN
mese say Tho ape 10 man. certainty not
very handsome. but nevertheless brother.
Even In civilized countries the nrst Impulse Of
uneducated persons 10 TO approach the same
view. In 1895 tho wen-known naturalist.
Godfrey st. Hilaire. mingled with the crowd
which the arrival OF an orang drewto the Paris
Geological Garden. In order to hear an opinion
or this animal from the mouths OF people I'M
biased by prejudice and unacauainted with the
surprised him. All unanimously declared that
the animal from Sumatra was neither an ape
nor O man. Nj ran nj Fdutre was the impress
sion universally experienced.
Va come. lnstlr. to the corjIlas or PopCor.
tbe latter name. apparently. n corruption OF
Nnonove th. annellatiou NJ the rnce OF men
I'm whose land they dwell These anthropoids
inhabit both sides Of tho river Gaboon in Lowor
Guinea. They attain n height of about Ave
foat ore vsrv broad betveen tho sboulders and
their bodies are quite covered with coarse black
hair which With aos becomes rray. Tho face
and ears. on the other hand. arc naked and OF
a d,rk brown color. The skull bears a strong
lonritudinnl and n sliphter transverse hairy
Great which thu animal can move up and
down. Tho nec. IA short and thick: the arms
ara yerv long reaching below the knee. and
tho bands ara very large. Tho gait IN waddlinc.
and IN, forvard-l..ninr body has a rolling
motion from aide to aide. When IL assumes
an erect position Ito which Il IA said 10 be much
inclin ed) IL balances its huge body By bending
its arms upward. The rorillas live IN COM
panies. which. however. are less numerous
than those Of the cbimp and as A rule
contain only on, full-erovn male, A soon as
tie young males become adult, they fight for
the supremacy, and the STRONGEST kills or
drives away the rest Their dwellings are like
those OF tho chimpanzee. Unlike the latter.
the m ale RorillAs never fee from men, but on
the contrary. are objects Of terror to the ma
tiyes. and are never attacked By Thorn. In
time OF danger the females and young hide
Themselves while the male furiously PUSHES on
the foe. According TO the testimony Of Mr..
Ford. tho male gorilla attacks In an upright
position with furious believing. and, having
thrown down its adversary. lacerates him with
his teeth. A specimen examined by Ford
measured four feet four inches round the
chest. young one. taken alive. proved per-
fectly untamable. and died at the end OF four
months. As matter OF structure. the gorilla
is better adapted for an erect posture even
than the cibbon.
Although the gorilla has In proportion to It's
size. a larger brain than any other OF the an
thropoids yet the chimpanzee. and especially
a variety OF il which has very broad forehead.
has a better formed skull: the orang, a better
shaped brain; while ths gibbon Is superior In
the forraa alton Of his trunk skeleton. which is