Leone to Congo--remind one of the Gibbons, rather than of either of the
other man-like apes; and it seems not unlikely that, as is the case
with the Gibbons, there may be several species spread over the
geographical area of the genus.

The same excellent observer, from whom I have borrowed the preceding
account of the habits of the adult Chimpanzee, published fifteen years
ago,* an account of the GORILLA, which has, in its most essential
points, been confirmed by subsequent observers, and to which so very
little has really been added, that in justice to Dr. Savage I give it
almost in full.

[footnote] *Notice of the external characters and habits of
Troglodytes Gorilla. 'Boston Journal of Natural History',
1847.

"It should be borne in mind that my account is based upon the statements
of the aborigines of that region (the Gaboon). In this connection, it
may also be proper for me to remark, that having been a missionary
resident for several years, studying, from habitual intercourse, the
African mind and character, I felt myself prepared to discriminate and
decide upon the probability of their statements. Besides, being
familiar with the history and habits of its interesting congener
('Trog. niger', Geoff.), I was able to separate their accounts of the
two animals, which, having the same locality and a similarity of habit,
are confounded in the minds of the mass, especially as but few--such as
traders to the interior and huntsmen--have ever seen the animal in
question.

FIG. 10.--The Gorilla (after Wolff).