The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-18
EQUATORIAL AFRICA.


20 Ashasss Lasd-Mamners and Habits Of
she Gorilla. W
lecture on Kqustoriai Africa was delivered last
evening in the Cooper Institute by Mons Pan B. cha-
sa 10 the presence Of full ana intellectual audience
On coming forward the lecturer received with ap
plsase. The subject announced be journey to
Ashango country, Asbango land but principally the
manners and habits OF tho gorilla He said:--
LADIES AND GKsrLsxES:-I propose this evening give
you short account Of my last journey south OF the
equator. In 1858 ireghted small schooner London
md sail for Africa had previously prepared my
vations and photography landed in tina.
part Of Africa called the Fernand-vaz and hav-
a. vessel s going sS.y and eavDs me alone there
were no white settlements there. but knew how
% lake care Of myself because had been there before
and the natives very fond Of and very glad 10
upset. and lost al my instruments, and had to send
interior stayed for some time With friend Of mine,
the chief OF village near the seashore He was ex
,sensly anxiops that should not leave him,
"a then went up 70 Obins, and thence
transported my goods 70 the shrs country sr
wild nuts and berries abound seem well adapted for the
home ~ ths msn-ks ape which mot 10 those regions
man With the club The record Of Haano the Cartha-
Fcnan admlrals voyage, 10 one Of the most curious
supposed occurred six centuries before Christ
though some critics place II 1t much later
Ssd he rss .s1s y me me Of Car
HIS journal begins with the following sentence.
which sufficiently relates the object Of bis voyage:
at decreed by the Carthagenians that Hanno should
undertake voyage beyond the Pillars of Hercules, and
found Libo- Phnnician cities He accordingly sailed
women 70 the number Of thirty thousand with provi
siOns and other necessaea According Piiny he was
70 follow the coast line Of the continent tin he reached
she Arabian Gulf The passage in The Perplus, or vow
!Ss animal no. known as the gorilla. reads As fol-
n ~ Aoy vf0n lnA
thence, passing the streams Of fire, we came to
bay. called The Horn Of the South" In the recess
there another island, fun or Wild mon; but much
The greater part Of them were women with hairy bodies,
ssns n " Hsro NOT abe q sts ss
escaping from US by their great agility being
bates that to say climbing PERCEPTIONS rocks and
N We took three women, who bit and tore those who
caught them, and were unwilling 70 follow. We were
skins o which skins were brought 70 csr.hsse for Se
did not navigate further provisons becoming scarcen
Here ends the record Of Hanno, which slept thou
Of these wild, hairy women were highly esteemed by
the Carshagenans for according 10 Plny, they were
- the temple At tho time Carthage was taken but
with the tall Of Carthage the gorilla was forgotten
. sSs o osan 70 ss
some memoirs part OF the skeleton that had reached
them: remember we'll the frss time got glimpse At
gorilla We had reached place whore village
mad been built and whore degenerate kind Of sugar
cane was gowinx ON the very spot where the houses
wS.s = once threw ' u.s. into tie greatest
state Of excitement. Here and there tho cane
s sss in s.s s S.a sss.Sy es
= sIlsnse and then muiisred the word Sguyla.
'os Ss . ons ssss amman Ne
ns nss 'ss Hsss and
ssemed on the point Of nesting fAce TO- face, that
sssr s q vhSs s sssocy strength and cunning The
y vi!d s..s ~ swhite man. Ny hsak beat usiil i
tracks easy 70 that there have been sew
esal gorilas in company weprepared at to follow
cs . S: s
sscc Of several mon for their proecon The rest Of
e oss A. the
Mugs not miss re for then him whom he attacks
were ,%; <, 70 NE teeth, and aspd from The
1ss 1,na. and Sss g out II q: party ana
= hard % help another and Tor the rest silence
vs followed the tracks We could easily soc thai there
were four or hvs goras. We saw whore they had run
= y ss, usual lrs @sds q q 1s.s
ssatsd themseiyss 70 chew the canes they
- borne on The chase now began 70 b
sa6 their guards after should have discovered the
probable course Of the gorilas5 and this was now
ward, where some isaiy huts built BY pass
x: lively .s Of ss s Sor
- consequence Of various stories current among the
tribes q having been carried or into the woods
= - sus IN chase Looking again at our guns
vs started on confess that was never more excited
o. Gorilla Of is vast strength It's fierce courage il IN
happily ooly wounded By shot We desconded hill,
.ons ssss On ss s
Shsss lay IN immense dead tree and about this
nsay Evidences o. the very recent presence Of the
Sfsidsd INTO tHo parties. xaiinds led on: ana ''i
sAs other. We surrounded the granite bIocks
MING. Guns cooked and hand advanced through
NE dense wood, which cost gloom even In midday,
s.ss %: whole scene: ! looked .. The msn, and saw
ssssh, -. We should alarm The Sssss.. SsSiads
= ana tns vatchfuI animals ssw bin suddenly
s.ss e ana psSsa four ssss iun ns
TO ths Thick forssk We nrsd, but his nothing.
- = ssss "a cSs e:y ln'S he SSSa:
lsssrssn,ss uss spoiled my marx and did los Ore
= ear camp, where ne women asd mso wsrs
snxtously expecting M A they were on their
ssisy men snslr heads down, sSsr bodies ass
mclined forward. the whole appearance was like men
ss.rns ., ses s v ana cssssd 70 MONDE, that the
m ~ the vsoda In absence the women had built
issse nres. changed my clothes, which had become
vse through BY the frequent torrents and bogS had
UBsd through during chase, and then 81 down 70
supper Of pantains which had been cooked in the
sss1 y sssp hs adventures Of the day we're talked
sysrto these that had mot followed us and hence got
a. q sa, c = ynsn .o%s curious
- The conversation, which not especially addressed
10 ne and rewarded BY hearing the stories - they
are believed, and not ~ dry form, as stranger would
y sps 70 GET them ~ dns OF Questioning 10 was quite
q treat for me. One OF the stories was
thss too Mbendsmo women were walking together,
through The weeds when suddenly immense gorilla
epped before their path and sezing Of tho women
bore her Oh In te Of the screams and struggles OF
both. me other woman returned TO the village and
rsssed the story, whervupon her companion was OF
given up for lcst Great was the surprise, how
ever, few days Afterwards when she 70 the
village and narrated how she had eventually sue
cesdsd In escaping from the goriIaa "Yes," said
or the men, 'thnt q man who had been trans
tpto ror,Ila- which exclamation