The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-13
The sssp-ChIldren sf Science.

A London weekly cloaod its report Of Mr..
Spurgeon's recent lecture ou tho Gorilla by
saying: Now, We know VIII It Spurgoon thinks
of tho Gorilla-how much moro interesting
would II bo TO learn what q Gorilla thought Of
SpurgoonI'
We can fancy tho lecturer making soms such
points as the following
''The specimen before you was captured on that
stony and aurferous tract known as Wall street.
Please 10 observe his great inferiority to your
selves. lie cannot bite gun barrel in two, AZ
you can. In fact you will observe that his den
tai Sstem, for fragiity and laxity Of attach
mont, Is quite anomalous. Watch me-you SOC
that by the slightest traction can detach his
whole set OF upper and lower teeth from
the Jaws. They seem to bs made Of a material
similar TO that which he usos in the construc-
tion Of his drinking vessels. This structure Is
very general among individuals Of adult age.
In my wandorings | have occasionally met
young specimens, whose dentitiOn was some.
what like our own, firmly attached TO the max
illAries by insertion in alveolar processes.
These, however, are rare casas-and the teeth
speedily become imperfect or drop out altogeth-
or, ouly 10 be replaced, with tho progress Of the
aholoscent individual, by the curious method
hers ILLUSTRATED.
IT Q specimen before you belongs to tho sub
variety Byoker-which, with that known A.
LdhJeT, IN the pllnClph uenlL'n Ol tue Whl
street tract Many Of both these varieties, on
sacbing tho adult sge, hasten the natural de-
teriorltion of that keehest and most ethereal Of
senses, the oliactory, by smelling out fees, COM
missions, and dirty Jobs, and also by inhaling
large quantities. Of a deadly powder called snuff.
The brown smirch about tho upper lip and nos
trils Of this specimen was caused by this very
act, in tho process Of which shot him.
There Ia thus no one particular Of tho senses
In which the boast, Man, is not inferior TO OUT
own race. When We take into consideration
that we arc also four times his Rirth around the
thorax-have twice his number OF prehensile
hAnds-hever get dyspeptic-stand on legs
which are TO his as the pillars Of Hercules TO a
pair Of two, inch scantlings-fIl in love without
getting spoony-can crush Man in our hug a.
| dry walnu, ia comminuted in patent cracker
never indulge in late hours, issipation, spe
culatiOn in western railroad stocks, or theOl gy
hraggadocio, or corner grocery politics, and II
| fine are-what more can We say?-Gor,ll LAS
We might we'll be proud Of or nature, and l0oh
with plying contempt upon be'sts who woulC
fain claim cousinship with "a, and sneak up the
back stairs Of the development theory, diss uise,
| AZ African negroes, into poor relationship will
our royal kiLd!
Male and female gorillas, lot me thank you
| for the attention you have shown your lectur'
| N this evening. The next subject of the cours
| will DO the superiority TO Man, Of that nobler
brute tho hound, in the sense OF smsll-ths
| cat, in taste, aud tho ant in touch. Tit Mon
keys dog. faced Balloons, Marmosets, Howl
era, long-Armed Apes aud Nshisgo-M Eouyss,
will only be admitted TO tho cOlOred gallery.
| Young elephants, on no account, admitted
| without their parents. Gorillaa under five
months old, hslf-priee. Exercises concludei
| for this evening.