Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-20

when attacked they make furious rush at
their enemy, break an arm OF Tear tne
bowels open, and then beat Tetfeat, leaV-
ing, their victim to shift Tor himself
The wounded female died N Inc course OF
| the next day, her meanings were more Ire
quent in the morning, ana tney graouany
| became weaker as her lie eppeo out. HeI
tod me ore than could have thought
nossible Her child chung to her to the
| bet and tried to obtain milk from her
| breast after she was dead. photographed
them both when the young one was rest.
ING in its dead mothers lap. l kept the
voI1ng one alive for three days after Its
mothers death. 1t moaned at night most
piteously. | fed it on goats milk for it
was too Young to eat berries. 1t died the
fourth day, having taken an uncomfortable
dislike to the milk. 1t had, think, began
to know me fittleAs to the male L
made at least dozen attempts to photo
graph the irascible little demon, but all in
vain. 70 The pointing of the camera toward
him, threw him into perfect rage, and L
was almost provoked into giving him a
sound thrashing.-s The day after, how
ever, succeeded with him, taking two
views, not very perfect, but sufficient for
my object, 10 s. 7di 10 staa * Lsbtyibs., eds
7 must now relate how these three ami
mails were caught, promising that the cap
tire of the female was the first instance
that had come to my knowledge of an
adult gorilla being taken alive. The place
where they were found was on the left
bank of the Fernand- Vaz, about thirty
miles above my village at this part a
1t was the place where had intended to
take the distinguished traveller, Captain
Burton, to show him 1--we gorilla, if he
had paid me visit as / had expected, for
| had. written to invite him while he was
on a tour from his consulate at Fernando
Pc to several points on the West African
coast IA woman belonging TO neighbors
ingavillage had told her people that she
had seen two squads of female gorillas,
some of them accompanied by their young
ones, in her plaintain field THE men re-
solved to 60 in chase of them, SO they
armed themselves with guns, axes and
spearsy and sailed forth. The situation
was very favorable to- the hunters they
formed line across the marrow strip of
land and pressed forward driving the ami
mails to the edge of the water When they
came ln-sightof them they made allythe !
noiseiin their power, and Thus bewildefed
the go1illas, who were shot or beaten down 4
in their endeavors to escape There were
eight adult females altogether, but not a
single male. The negroes thought the
males were in concealment in the adjoin-
ing woods having probably been frightened
away, by the noise. vx4 1
This incident led me to modify somewhat
the opinions had expressed in "Adven-
lures in Equatorial Africa regarding
some of, the habits of the gorilla. 1 there |
said that believed it impossible to capture
an adult female alive, but had ought to
have added, unless wounded. I have also
satisfied myself that the gorilla is more
gregarious than formerly considered it
to be at least it is now clear, that, at GER
tain times of the year, it goes in bands
more numerous than those [ saw on my
former Journey. Then never saw more
than FIVE together. 1have myself seen on
my present expedition, two-of these bands
of gorillas numbering eight Or ten, and
have had authentic accounts from the ma
tives of other similar bands. 1t is true, 4
that when gorillas become aged, they seem
to be .inore solitary, and to live in pairs, or,
as in the case of old males quite alone 1 4
have been assured by the negroes that sol 4
itary and aged gori!las are sometimes seen
almost white the hair become grizzled
with age, and have no doubt that
tile statement of their becoming occasion
allywhite with extreme old age is quite
correct. 'ii-'@ ~, g.. t 49, 80.