New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-30

annsarsnoA The;r hair was longer and thickerthar
tn; of the tribes on the coast. On their two
pointed boards were strung RED and white beads
Their whole wardrobe consisted Of strip of goat
skin. or that of tiger-cat, hanging tail downward
or perhaps oftcner o kind of cloth made from the
inner bark of tree. The left arm was adorned
with bracelet of fringed skin. Theil
looks end their behavior we're equally stupid
They hailed the stranger with hospitable enthu
siasrn. The chiefs house, 10 which he had beer
conducted, was surrounded by crowd of cannibal'
four deep The faint light which the native arch
lecture permits to come in by the door was inter
eepted by heads and parrot feathers. Every mar
talked as if he had two voices. The white man
was the object of the most eager curiosity On one
side, two immense negroes stared at him
with mute wonder, their eyes like saucers,
their mouths like open scpulchers. Here
an old woman agape with wonder stopped
with her hands on her knees; there man was
dragging up his frightened wife TO see the sight,
and child cried bitterly with averted.eyes IL was
not long, however, before their timidity was some
what softoned down. Two or three girls began 70
whisper and look at the strange being before 'he'
Presently an inquisitive finger was LAID upon MS
coat. and he heard the sound of bare feet running
away. One holder than the rest then approached
him and spoke to him, smiling. He pretended not
to understand. One girl took bis hand between
hers and stroked it timidy; the Others raising the
beautiful black eyes, and with smiles showing their
teeth rs white as snow, demanded leave 10 touch
that hand which seeIso< 10 them 80 strange. Then
they all felt the checks and the straight hair OF the
man whom they looked upon as tame prodigy
sent TO them by the gods. He was soon encireled
by women and children who wished TO touch his
hands and peep under his cuffs, which proceeding
he endured with exemplary patience. AT length,
he became so Injured TO their affectonate attentions,
that he entirely forgot that these amiabic faricos
would stew him in palm oil and serve him up be-
fore their aged sres, with as lHtle concern as On
English cook would crimp her cod, skin her eels
alive, or boil her Holsters into red agony.
The philosophy Of cannibalism is discussed by the
author with not q little JUNCTION. According TO his
programme, cannibalism, though more disgusting,
is less cruel than murder. 1t exists in Africa IN
two FORMS One is saerifcial, and is performed by
the priests whose Office il is 10 eat portion OF the
victim, whether fowl, goat, OF man. The other is
strictly an act of gourmandism The cannibal is not
necessarily ferocious He eats his felow-crcatures,
not because he hates them, but because he likes
them. Neither the women nor the young men are
allowed to touch the dainty. 1t is reserved by the
patriarchs; and the head which is supposed TO con-
tain a grand fetch rails TO the king.
Mr.. Reades account of the gorilla adds but little
TO the information furnished by Du Chaillu and
previous African travellers. He was not so FORUM
ate as to get sight OF living wild gorilla himself
He made inquiries of the native hunters, who are
familiar with the animal and from their reports OBJ
tanned materials for iull-length poriraiture. The
lila loves the somber twilight Of the thick forest.
lie COOS on all tours, sometimes alone, sometimes
a,cornraued by his female and young ones. he
as s1l y branches and leaves from the trees at
the lt Of three or four feet from the ground, and
somet..sss ascends the trees TO eat OF the fruit
At noon unl evo no visits the village plantations
and eats the piantains and sugar cane utteiing
plaintive cry. At night he chooses large tree TO
sleep in. When the female is pregnant, the male
builds rude nest of dry sticks and young branches
about fifteen or twenty feet from the ground After
she is delivered the nest is abandoned At the rut-
ordinary cry of the gorilla is paintiye, but in rage
it is sharp hoarse bark, not unlike the roar Of the
tiger. IL is denied tina. the gorilla ever attacks
man without provocation. When surprised while
feeding or asleep, he is suddenly brought to bey he
goes round in half circle, keeping his eyes fixed
on the man, and uttering complaining, uneasy
cry He will sometimes charge, however, with
his fierce look, his lowered lip, his hair falling on
his brow. II the hunter shoots OF him, and the
gun misses FIRE, or if the gorilla is wounded he will
often run away. Ills charge is made On all-fours,
selling the offensive object and dragging it into his
mouth He does not appear to be very agile, as the
hunters often escape from him. The gorilla is con-
sdered less 1erocious and formidable animal than
the leopard.
The reader who is disposed to follow Mr.. Win
wood Reade, In his further wanderings in the Afri-
can forest, will find him a brisk, garrulous, and
often amusing companion. He exhibits little Of
the usual reserve and obtuseness OF the English
tourist, no cast-iron prejudices are permitted to
bandage his eyes or impede the nimbleness OF his
observations, and his knack Of telling story is far
happier than that Of his countrymen in general.
His speculations arc superficial and worthless his
moralizing ludcrous; but his naive egotism does
not challenge severe criticism, and his lively nara
tiyes though often shining in fancy colors, are
always attractive and pleasant
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