The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-09

Lecture BY r. b. Dn ChaiIlu.
BY consent Of the Society for the Advancement OF
Science and Art and 1t the invitation Of the Taveers
Club Of this city, p. B. Du Chaillu, last evening
delivered an instructive and interesting lecture at their
rooms, 222 Fifth avenue, Explorations In Africa"
before very select audience OF ladies and gentlemen,
comprising members OF the association and their friends
THE NEW ROOMS OF THE rRAvEILERs' CLUB
These rooms arc very elegantly fitted up and have only
been occupied by the club since the first OF April their
old establishment at No. West Fourteenth street hav-
ing been abandoned for the finer and commodous
accommodations here afforded The first floor OF their
new building comprises the coffee ROOM restaurant and
reception sitting the second floor main saloon
which Is richly furnished and elegantly adapted
purpose, appropriated to lectures and social entertain
ments, and comprises also reading aud library.
dressing and bath rooms &c.
This club which has been in existence less than three
years. having been originally organized by Mr. Edward
Dunbar, their present President embodied idea at
the start which has with extraordinary success II
numbers at present two hundred members OF various
nationaties aud its object Is to encourage the inter-
change Of social sentiment and intelligence from differ
emit portions Of the world among travelled gentlemen Of
wealth and cultivation sH
REMARKs EDWARD n. DUNBAR.
AT eight O'Clock the lecturer introduced to the
dience by the President Of the Club who spoke fol-
lows
LADIES AND GESTExES-It is with ordinary feelings
Of pleasure that rise TO welcome you the and
elegant rooms Of the Travellers Club and introduce
you the world.renowned traveller, Mr. Du Chat Ilu.
As this is the formal opening Of these rooms
to which wo have recently removed, will,
with your kind indulgence and that of
distinguished guest. make few very brief remarks
in relation to the club. will detan you but q
moment. There are great minds who have suggested
congress OF nations meeting OF the representatives OF
all the nations OF the earh to initiate cacu-
lated to promote the general welfare Of mankind and
promote peace and good will earth. This Is great
and good idea And this idea, to certain degree,
deries the Travellers Club and the motives Of those who
are striving to build II up. We have here daily little
congress Of nations. We have here numerous repre-
sentatives Of the principal nations Of the earth who
resort TO the city Of New York The effect this cannot
be but good National aspertics are soened and social
intercourse built up and friendships formed which
are almost entirely new in our city life. Our club
lis regular organiza.on 'p Financially. / nav saw
is succcss-peyhaps, considering the manner
In which II has started, everything taken into
sideraon the most successful financially in this city,
As cosmopolitan club, thus far It Is also success.
The experiment was considered hazardous one, and
perhaps was so but thus far 1t has proved Uto-
plan scheme and the club Is rapidly acquiring position
| Of influence and power And proof Of this have
nghsuch array Of the beauty, intellect and ntc-
gence OF tho great city Of New YorK-and to dstn.
y wish also to ss na Mr. NJ I p GSa ra sau
gagged with the Society tho Promotion OF Arts and
Sciences TO deliver his nrst lectures before
association hut that on learning that we wer, anxious
to open these rooms early day as pos
siole, he was willing and that society consented
these rooms He has been very busy y' PREPARING
himself for those regular lectures with his DIAGRAMS and
and DC here hs evsnp 70 se
he proposes to meet with here this auspicous
casOn and 20 have what he terms familiar talk, and
70 entertain you In the best he Now for
the peasanter business Of the evening have the
pleasure and honor Of introducing you Mr. Du Cha1
already q household word "a oar own land We ali re.
pepQer h2~ faW years ago, whom no came from his
st experience IN Africa and gave the extraordinary ac
counts Of his adventures and Of what he found In the
ungles and deserts Of tropical Africa; how he was at
tackled BY certain savAns Of Europe; how his story
| that extraordinary creature the gorilla, who
probably might DO found TO have one wife,
| and who went out in tho morning and got
his food and came back AT night, acting more like good
citizen the community than black barbariani
around him. We all remember how the statement that
such animal had been discovered disbelcvcd aud
We know how tho traveller has met the statement He
went back 70 Africa, and comes with overwhelming
evidence VI al he had before stated, and more ZAP
pausc.) aet 4 srH M .a aNN
The lecturer vas received with applause and spoke a
Mr.. President, LADIES AND GxrLEmES--I camc to-day
from Putnam county. in tho State OF New York, ttle
thinking Of the reception which awaited this night
told Mr.. Dunbar few days ago should DO happy to
and here. but had no idea that ladies would
full lecture have been In the country purpose
b. quiet staying with frends in order write three
lectures have 70 deliver here and attend 70 my dia-
grams do the best give account OF what
have done during the ten years while explored
thas ca vaa very h aca. now % 40 tbs Dgrng
terial have studied as much could the habits OF
the people, their customs and their religion. have
studied the natural STORY Of the country especially
insects, BIRDS quadrupeds goas chimpanzes and the
astronomy and geography Of the country. And have
TO put them all in two lectures. lnd IL very hard,
you. Hut always say, It FAR diicult
ito put down thoughts from your journals OF
travels than 60 and travel those gn countries
During those ten years stayed there made large col
lections succeeded In collecting twenty mine goras
every skin Of which have either here or in England,
obtained twenty-one during the FIRST journey. sue
ceedcd in collecting fifteen chmpanzes tho skins and
skeletons have, moro than two thousand birds, thou
sands of insects and shells; succeeded also 10 collect
ing one hundred and twenty skullsof negroes laugh
ter bring the Negro not for pleasure, but matter
a. @ had to g very careful nS N
ing the skua They thought was crazy they said and
would ask what does that man wantY He Is always hunt
ing the woods He wild, and always speaks Of buying
the skulls Of forefaherSn They very any ~
0rst about IT. and always at night with them And
said he bad gone into the burial ground that he
coud mot get the skull OF hs father somebody else
| Each one hsd bundle in which was bag and : skull.
and they told not TO tell what there and others
said the same thing was glad y get those skulls DO:
/
great thing to have the skulls Of the pure biooded
negro. There. in equatorial Africa, The negro IL
explored nothing but JUNGLE and until recently
| was not known. The gorilla had been heard or in
the time OF Ammo, the Carthagnian navigator who, In
bis narrative makes mention Of Wild, hairy man, and
that he succeeded IN capturing only three females
4 three women. But they were wild he was obliged
TO kill them and preserved their SKINS Piny mentions
that the skns still In the temple Of Juno when the
| Romans took Carthage. From then the gorilla
NAMED unknown, until lately he has been brought TO
light again. / struck In my explorations OF this
jungle 10 find the population very thuiy scattered
IL abounds In tribsA visited myself than thirty
tribes from the cannibal tribes 10 the dwarfs-little
men, hairy men, covered with little tufts OF ha They
are four feet three inches feet four inches
i and four feet five inches. They are no doubt,
i the pigmies Of Herodotus, which he described to
be towards the head waters OF. the Nile. All navigation
has always been from the east towards the west
questioned the negroes about where they from,
they came from another village aud found thai
they travelled west They always from the west
towards the east ! any exception 10 this
Come VI tribes exceedingly wnrke otherr