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The Apes
ThetribeofanthropoidsoverwhichKerchakruledwithanironhandandbaredfangs,numberedsomesixoreightfamilies,eachfamilyconsistingofanadultmalewithhisfemalesandtheiryoung,numberinginallsomesixtyorseventyapes.
KalawastheyoungestmateofamalecalledTublat,meaningbrokennose,andthechildshehadseendashedtodeathwasherfirst;forshewasbutnineortenyearsold.
Notwithstandingheryouth,shewaslargeandpowerful—asplendid,clean-limbedanimal,witharound,highforehead,whichdenotedmoreintelligencethanmostofherkindpossessed.So,also,shehadagreatcapacityformotherloveandmothersorrow.
Butshewasstillanape,ahuge,fierce,terriblebeastofaspeciescloselyalliedtothegorilla,yetmoreintelligent;which,withthestrengthoftheircousin,madeherkindthemostfearsomeofthoseawe-inspiringprogenitorsofman.
WhenthetribesawthatKerchak’sragehadceasedtheycameslowlydownfromtheirarborealretreatsandpursuedagainthevariousoccupationswhichhehadinterrupted.
Theyoungplayedandfrolickedaboutamongthetreesandbushes.Someoftheadultslayproneuponthesoftmatofdeadanddecayingvegetationwhichcoveredtheground,whileothersturnedoverpiecesoffallenbranchesandclodsofearthinsearchofthesmallbugsandreptileswhichformedapartoftheirfood.
