The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-05-29
Du Ohaillu.
EXPERIENCE AMONG THE GoklL1,As


nj. Dn Chail!u devoted lecture .de,v-
cred in New York some days acoto the
gorilla and other apes. We quote \ (cw
passages. After speaking Of the tear of
the gorilla among the natives, he de-
scribcs his emotions when he came first
upon traces Of these dreadful beasts:
l remember well the first time 7 oot n
glimpse OF the gorilla. We had reached
n place where once village had been
built, and Where degenerate kind Of
sugar cane was growing, in the very
spot where the houses had formerly
stood, when my men perceived what n,
once threw us into the greatest state of
excitement Here and there the cane
was beaten down, torn up by the roots,
and laying about in fragments which
had evidently been chcwcd. NV men
looked at each other ir silence, and nut.
tered the word "Nsuyla," which IS The
name they give the gorilla. We follow.
ccd tho traces, and presently came to tho
footprints of the SO long desired animal.
1t was the first time | had ever seen
these footprints, and my sensation was
o"'''o. IIcIe WAS J. n0W,lt ScCm-
cd, Oh the point Of meeting face TO face
that monster OF whose icrositv, strcrg
ana cunning natives had told me so
much--an animal which, since the DAYS
OF Hanno. had not been seen in IFS Wild
state by white man. My heart beat
until lcarcd its loud pulsations would
prove fatal. BY TIC tracks it was cosv
to sec that there must have been scyc.
raj gor'Ilas m company. We prepared
at once to follow them. Tho women Of
our party, who carried the food olthc,r
husbands, were terrified and we left
them an escort of several men. Then
the rest Of lis looked once more carefully
at our guns, for the male gorilla gives
yo'' no time to reload, and your cnn
must not miss fire, for woe to him whom
he attacks! Wo were armed 10 tho
teeth, and We departed from camp and
lcit The people there with fear written on
their faces.
Slowly we pressed on through the
dense bush, lest we should all The
beasts. Makinda was to 90 to the rioht
ofthe rock, while took tho left. IT,
fortunately, he got in advance of nc,
The watchinl animals saw him. Sud.
denly, was startled by a strange. dis
cordant, half-human, dcyiish cry and
behGld lour gorillas running past in the
th'ck ol the forest we fred, but hit
nothing Then wo rushed in pursuit
ont they knew tho woods better than
wo did. Nevertheless, I caught a
glimpse of one Of the animals again, but
an intervening tree spoiled my aim, and
did not fire. When we coul1 nursnc
no moro we returned slowly to our
camp where the women and men were
ahx,,ously expecting us. Ashley ran
on their hlnd legs these gorilas looked
1earfnlly like hairy mon Their head
down, their body inclined forward. their
whoic appearance was like men runHinn
Tor Their lives; and l ceased to wonder
that Tho natives have the widest s,pcr.
s''''ons about these E'wild men Of the
woods" WY
CURIOUS STORIES.
ono OF tho stories was that Two
Moohdemos women were wo,Lino 70.
Gc'hcr through the woods. when sn1.
aehly an immense gorilla steppcd into
The path, and clntching one of tho wo-
1aafn, 1nai,, bore her off in spite of tho screams
any struggles OF both. The other wo.
nan issIF returned to tho village and related
tne story. OF course her companion
gwen up for lost. Great was tho sur
Prise, therefore, when few days aftor
shc returned TO the village. She related
mat she had evidently escaped from The
g'rlllas,- Yes said one Of tho men,