The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-10
The Geyi1In.
In Dickens' All the Year Round, we md the
following description Of this animal, which IL
said TO b most closely allied, In structure, to

IN Dlckens' All the Year Round, we ind the
following description Of this animal, which IL
said TO b most closely allied, In structure, TO
the human form Of any Of the brute creation !.
the gorilla = Of the average height Of man.
nve ieef SIX inches; his brain case Is low and
h;n,, hhaLow, ana as tne fore part Of the skull is
above the eyes, the top Of the head is perfectly
Hat, ana the brow, with its thick interumeuf
I0fms .scOwiing penthouse over the ewes. !
wOuPie WIN this a deep lcad-colored skin,
canine teeth Tin the inaIesl Of hnee size a 70.
ceoing chin, and we have an exasreration of
Ine lowest and most forbiddine type Of human,
Mpnyslognomy. M The neck is short; the head
pokes forward. The relative pro,,ortions IF
the body and limbs are nearer thnea' ~ man
yot tney are OF more nngainly ASPECT than in
any other OF the brute kind Lopc. shanefess
n,ms mick and muscular. with scarce any di-
(for q the smallest they are fourteen irches
roun1 while strong mans wrist il not ahove
elgnt y wide. thick hand, the palm Iorr .rd
cae.n; ne myers short swollen and equity looking;
thick and shapsless destitute of calf anG r.s,
muscular, yet short handIe.l like foot viii
numb to 1t, of huge dimension and ,orten-
sb"lts H"I pomea sf o. grasp. No wonder the lion
pnant Is bafiied by his malicious cunnine a.
uyiey and strength The teeth indicate ! ,ar
etanie diet, but the repast is sometimes var;es,
ss,,af M..n Eggs, OF brood of young birds The
cnle1 reason of his enmity to the elenhant a,,
pears to be, not that it ever intentinnaiiv IL
lures MIN, but merely that it shares his tas.o
LOT certain favorite fruits And when fro,n
ms ms. watcn-tower in the upper branches of a
tree, he perceiyes the elepliant helninc h;usa,f M
10 tnese delicacies, he steals alon9 the hon Oh
ana, striking its sensitive proboscis a yiolen3,
oioW with the club with which he is al,IN,st
aIWays armed, drives off the startled giant:
tTumpetng shrilly with rage and pain.
towards the negroes, the gorilla seem. 70
cneIlsn an impiacable hatred he attacks them
quite unproyoked. II party of blacks an
psoacn unconsciously within range of 4 tree
ing rapidly down to the lower hrancbes So
ciutcnes with his thumbed foot. at the nearest
OF them his green eyes fash with raca his
nair stands on end, and the skin above the
@ fiemdish ~m scar aap'aly mp and down, gives him
curslons IN quest of ivory in those pIoon1v
forests, the natives will first discover the nror
unity OF gorilla by the mysterious disan-
prn,a tanee ~. ., one OF their companions. The
1Tute, angling for him with its horrible foot
dropped from tree while his strong arms
grasp 1t firmly, stretches down his huge hind
nand, selzes the hapless wretch by the throat
u!aWs MIN up INTO the boughs, and as soon as
MS Struggles nave ceased, drops him down a
strangled corpse - "
tree is the gorilla's sleepinp-p,ace nv
nighl, ms pleasant abode by day. and his cas-,
nc tao VI ueience. FROM thatcoigne of advantage
fo,Ih, a., -, S-AVuiu uie iatter De nardy, or
Iooin,ardy, enough to pursue. No full grown
gorliia has ever been taken alive. A hold no.
gro, the leader Of an elephant hunting exnedi.
tion, was offered a hundred dollars for a live
gorilla: If you gave me the weight of Won.
oer NIL In gold, could not do it, he said.
nevertheless, he has his good uualities-in
domestic point Of view he is an amiable
ana exemplary husband and father, watching
over his young family with affectionate solici
tude, and exerting in their defence his utmost
strength and ferocity. The mothers show that
devotion to their young in times of danger.
which is the most universal of instincts.
1.-The gorilla constructs himself a snug
hammock out of the long, tough, slender stems
OF pararitic plants, and lines it with the broad
dried fronds of palms, or with long grass
sort OF bed surely not to be despised-swung
In the leafy branches Of a tree BY day he sits
on bough leaning his back against the trunk,
owing TO which habit, elderly gorillas become
rather bald in those regions