- Sacrum (see [Skeleton])
- Sagittal ridge (see [Gorilla, Skeleton of])
- Sailor’s pet, A
- his suit rejected, [163]-[165]
- “Sally,” [241]
- “Sally Jones,” [244]
- Savage, Dr., African traveler, [213], [214], [216]
- Scream of gorilla and chimpanzee, [84], [109], [237]-[242]
- Sette Kama (town), [144], [212]
- Sheldon, Mrs. M. French, African traveler, [25]
- Sierra Leone, [266]
- Simians (see [Apes], [Monkeys], etc.)
- wide range of types, [2]
- different forms described, [3]
- two grand divisions, how distinguished, [3]
- Simian speech (see [Monkeys, Speech of], and [Chimpanzees, Speech of])
- Size of apes, [96], [190], [191], [221], [230]
- Skeleton, The
- as basis of comparison, [4]
- chief point of difference, [4]
- sacrum, peculiarities of, [4]-[6], [8]
- vertebræ, number of, [5]-[6]
- causes of difference in sacrum and vertebræ, [6]
- sternum, differences in, [6], [7]
- skull, differences in, [8]
- general comparison, [7]-[8]
- of gorilla, [218]-[223]
- of gibbon, [276]
- Smithsonian Institution, Experiments at, [15] ff., [38]
- Snapshot, A unique, [264]-[265]
- Social traits and government
- of chimpanzee, [99]-[105]
- of gorilla, [231] ff.
- Soko, [270]
- Speech defined, [12]
- Speech of animals (see also [Monkeys, Speech of], and [Chimpanzees, Speech of])
- author’s interest in, [12]
- grounds of belief in, [12], [13]
- vocabularies limited, [13]
- can express what they conceive, [13], [23]
- development of interest, [14]
- Spider-monkey, [38]
- Stanley Pool, [216]
- Steckelman, Carl, African explorer, [216]
- Sternum (see [Skeleton])
- Stories of travelers and writers often untrue, [71]-[72], [235]-[236], [261]-[263], [267], [268], [273]
- Strohm, Mr. Adolph, trader at Gaboon, [154], [158]
- Sumatra, [274]
- Threadbare story, A, [262], [273]
- Tornado in the jungle, [79] ff.
- Translations of native reports, Literal, [269], [270]
- Troglodytes, [267]
- Tyimba (village), [144]
- Village pet, A
- the children’s playmate, [175]-[178]
- understood names and commands, [179]
- brought water and wood, [179]-[180]
- brought persons named, [180]-[181]
- price double that of a slave, [182]
- Vocabularies of animals (see [Speech of Animals]; [Monkeys, Speech of], and [Chimpanzees, Speech of])
- Walker, Dr., revises Wilson’s lexicon of native language, [216]
- Wallace, Mr. Alfred R., authority on orang, [275]
- Webber, Mr., keeper of ape at Bellevue
- his success in training, [198]
- Wild visitors to the cage, [75] ff., [81]-[82], [186]-[190], [252]-[260]
- did not usually evince fear, [253]
- retreated in good order, [253], [255], [258]
- Moses frightens one away, [254]
- a gorilla beckons, [255]
- a narrow escape, [256]-[258]
- an exceptional opportunity, [258]-[259]
- a brave baby, [260]
- a gorilla takes his own photograph, [264]-[265]
- Wilson, Dr., first missionary at Gaboon
- wrote lexicon of native language, [216]
- Wurmb, Baron, [267]
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