New-York tribune., 1867-04-11


the locality about the middle of june He thus de
ser bes his
HUNT EOR TIE GORILLA.
had not been the village long before that
eOras nad Deen recently seen IN tue nclghbofiooo o
plantation only half mile distant Early in the morn
ing Of the 25th Of June wendod my way thther accom-
ton large one and situated very broken ground
surrounded by the virgin forest. IL was lovely morn
s DEATH except the slight rustlng Of the treetop
moved 10y the gentle lanu breeze. When reached the
trcotumps and halbufncd logs by the side Of field OF
cassda was going quetly along the borders OF THIS
which was walking. great crashing noi.c, Ike the
breaking Of trees lnmedlatgy ma % myself u eet,na
gorilla but before had time 10 notice its movements,
second and third emerged from the masses Of colossal
foliage; at length no less than four came INTO view.
They were all busily engaged IN tearing down inc
larger Trees One of the females had young one foaw
ing her. had excellent opportunity OF watching the
hides fhe nroubeTant bdomens Inc hIdous features Of
these strange creatures whose forms nearly resemble
man, klade up picture Ike vision In some IHODtl
dream I'm DESTROYING tree they first grasp the base OF
the seIs with OF their feet aud then with their pow
with sn ioescIy formed sten as that of the plantan
They then set upon the ucy hear of the tree at the bases
of the leaves and devOured with great vOracty Whe
eating they made kind of clucdny noise, expressive Of
conentment Many trees they destroyed apparently out
Of pure machief Now and then they stood still and
looked around once twice they seemed on the point
OF starting off alarm hut recovered themselves and con
tnued their work Gradually they got to the edge
the dark forest, and finally disappeared. was so IN
tent Watching them. that let the last chance Of
shooting one almost before became aware OF it.
ThenCxt day went again with Odanga To the same spot
had expectation Of seeing gOTfas IN the same plauta
ton, and was carrying light shot egin having given
my heavy double barIeled rifle Ia the boy to carry. Tie
plan taOn extended over two hills with deep hollow
between, planted with sugar Before had crossed
rilla standing ere.t and looking directly toward me.
without turning ny face beckon IL the hoy to hrIg
boted ard lost my chance The huge beast stared at
for about two ninutes, and then, wlthont utterhg
any cry OFF the shade OF the forest, running
nimbly on his hands and feet -
Az my readers may easily imagine mad excellent op
In which the gOrikls walked when inopen ground
with the knuckcs of th'ir hands touching the ground
Artists IN representing Le gonlla Walkng genefaIy
make the ar1ss much bowed outward and elbows too
much bent; tbs gives the igurGs an appearance De4N
and awk Warncss. when the gOras that watched
over the ground with their arms extended straight for
ward toward the ground, ana moving rapidly. may
mention also That having nOW opened the slomaehs ot
several froshyli gorlllas have never found any
thing but vegetable matter In them.
We copy also the authors account of the capture of
several living gorillas, in which he makes honor
able correction of some errors into which he had been
led in his former statements.
THREE LIVE GORrIIAs CAUGHT
The natives Of all the nfghb0rng country now SO
well aware that wanted live gOrillas and was willing 20
give high price for them, that many were stimulated To
search with great perseyeiance the good ELECTS OF inns
one day as was quietly dining with Capt. Holder OF
the Cambria "a vessel lust arrived from Eueand one OF
my In with the startling news that three live
gOrllas had been brought one Of them full grown Ihtd
not long TO watt in they came flTs very Age admt
female, bound hand and foot; then her female child
screaming terribly; aud lastly. vigorous young male,
also tightly bound Tho female had beon ingenouIy So
cured by the negroes To strong stick the wrists bound
10 the upper pah and the ankles the lower that she
cond moi reach o toar The cords with her teeth II was
dan X, aud the one Wild and strange mat
shall never forget H. The fcndsh cOuntenauces Of the
CaIibanish trjo ono of them Distorted by PAIN for the
mother gorilla was sevcry wounded, were lt up by the
rudy glare Of native torches The thought struck me,
what would not give TO have the group III London Tor
The young male secured by a chain which had In
ws s hand sGS and @ e to SHOW IN his aadc y Tor
this act Of kndness De immediately made rush at me,
screaming will an lis might happily the chain made
fae and took roy, afterward 10 keen ou OF his way
The old mother gorilla was IN an unfortunate plight
She had IN arm broken aid n tne & chest beside
rOared many tyes during the hlsHI pfonany rom pam
noticed next day a9a on iny oeS'0I r !hat a I1y InS
one and ms SEQ his aim immediately ran back Th, cor
males m their native woods when attacked they make
furious rush al their enemy, break an ARA on tear rs
owcls OPEN aEd then beat retreat leaving ther Yictm
10 shift for hlniser ,.-..,.
~ Wounded cmale died n the course OF the next day
her moorings were more frequent IN The morning, ard
they gradually became weaker a. her NE rhh' OUT e
49, 49, tban could have thought possible Her child
rlunc 10 her 10 the last aud tred to Obtain mix iIOn h
reast after she was dead. | photographed them both
kept the Young one awe ior thIoo NY 1,,ousIy ",.g
mothers death /, noancd ~ ;.1", AY eat betSries
II died the fourth day. hayiug taken an uh'9hln.soe
dislike 10 the milk II had, think began 20 hioW me
Photograph the ir,scibo ltc demon, Du, @ ~ "a IN
nr,fdct ace aud was almost provoked to give him
'ouud thrashing The day after however tuc.eeIsu
with him. talyg two views not very perfect ""' SUM
must now relate how these three animals were caught,
mai The capture Of the female the first IN
tat had come 10 my knowledge ~ an adult gorilla
b,up taken alive The place where hy were found Mas
ON Tie left bank of the Fcrnand Naz about thirty miles
,fny IN n \ u
projects into the river II was the place who're h4 In III
ended 10 take the distinguished traveller Captain Bur
ton 10 show him live gorilla. II DO had pald me VISIT
as had expected, for had written to invite MN WINE
he was a tour from his consulate h fcInahuo V.o
several points on the West African coast woman be
longing TO neighborine village nai ,?ig hef ."yt th
rhe had seen two squads OF female gOds some O ihel
accompanied by their young ones, NJ her nlsain HELD
The men resolved 10 In chase of them. 80 they armed
lhemseyts with sans axes and spcar' ana sailed IIn a
forcd line the narrow strip OF land and pressed
forward dye the animals to me edS o m I9 ,6C So.c
ia their power and thus bewilderd the gorlllhs VINO
There were light adult females altogether but not single
male. The negroes Thought the males were III sOhSeal
THIS Incident led me to modify somewhat the opinions
had expressed in Adventures In Equatorial Africa re-
gsrdng some of the habits Of the gorilla there said
that believed II impossible TO capture an ahut eInaie
also satisfied myself that the gorilla Is more gregarlos
than formerly considered II 10 he; at least IT now
clear that at certain times OF the year u goes In bands
more numerous than those saw IN my former journey
Then never than five together have myself
sn On my present expedition two OF these bands OF
, Slss nnuerinQ eight ten and have had authentic
accounts from the natives OF other similar bands ls
true that, when gorillas become aged tey s S W. ~ ~
noy solitary and 10 1--we pairs, or as IN Inc case Oh
old males quite alone have been assured ~ eie senn nS
eroc. thai solitary and aged gOIas are sometimes seen
almost white the hair becomes grzzled WIN nge, anu
have no doubt that the statement OF their becoming occ"
sionally white with extreme old age Is Gate corieo''
With regard to the future capabilities oil 'he negro
race. NJ. Du Chaillu takes moderate ground, not
.l,.t, ,I,o vii
rise higher than he is at present nor believing that
he is capable Of reaching the highest point of civillza
ton. In his view the negro may be raised to higher
standard hut if left to himself, will soon fall back