The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-23
DU CIIAILLU.
EXPERIENCE AMONG THE Gon1LLAs.

EXPERIENCE AMONG THE GoRITLAS.
NJ. Dt' CuAu.Lr devoted lecture delivered II
NcS York >"nIc DAYS ago, I" the gorilla ami "'hl
apes. We quote lew passage. After spcaElf%
Of the fear "t the gorilla among the natives i''
describes lis emotions when lic came first nlu
races of these dreadful BEASTS:
| | remember we'll the first time got glimpse
| "f the .:orlilr. VIZ l.a;i reached i place wilrt'
"lirc yiila"" had beer hn.lt AMI where drgcn-
crate Kind nf sugar canc WIS Grh"iI". IN the very
spot where the houses had formerly sl'md. wIriI
i;Iy men perceived wilai ut once threw nn :c
greatest state at excitement. Hero and there t'
carc was beaten down, torn np 10y the rnts, a"'i
lying about i'll fragments which had fvGit'y hrr!l
rIicw., v ncli looked NJ each other ~'l,tic,.,
and lnnttcrr,l The word '.Nsuyla," winch is he
| name they give to the gorilla. We followed the
traces. AMI presently c;-lnc tn the Footprints
of the 40 lnn- desired animal. 1t was lie
first time | had ever seen these Footprints ht:'i
my SENSATIONS were indrscribabc. Here WAS j
HOW, ii seemed, on the point Of meeting face 10
face that monster OF whose fcro ity, strength and
cunning natives lad told me 80 mucila alllllliil
winch, since the days of lianno. had moi been seen
III its wild state lm white man. Ny heart beat
until feared s lull,l pulsato WI Md prove fatal!
Ev the tracks it WAS cIsy Ia see that there mist
lave been : vrral Suras i'll company. We pre-
| jarrtl at once "a follow them. The women al "Iir
party. who carried the food nf their husbands.
were terrified ami We lett them an escort nf sev'-
q. r.fuv at our guns. for tn" male gorilla gives
YOU no lime to reload. and Your gun must not miss
lire. for then to aim whom lie attacks We
were armed to the teeth an,l We departed from
camp and left the people there With lear wr!t'cl
om their faces.
Slowly We pressed on through the dense bush l..
lest VIZ sIOuld alarm the bca t.. Maklnda WAS o
&C to the right of the rock, while took the lett
lInforinnat"lv, he got in advance OF m. liir
watcilIIl animals saw him. SlrlrlrIy WAS start
led by strange dS'an,lant; lIalf-hnman drvil'sll
crv and hcrhl four gnriillS running past III the
thick of the forest. We fired. hut hit nothing.
Then W. rushed i'll pursuit; but they knew tie
woods better llan W. did. and could run faster
than VI dill. Nevertheless. caught gmls" Il
one nf the animals again; but an intervening tree
spuilcl my aim, ami | did not ti:c. Wh,'n W.
could pursue II more We returned slowly h'rr
,arip. where the women and men were anE. i
y...cting us. As they ran on i,nrii hi,ld lr. :
zee. az ,tnril!as .Cr,n,qi Icarfuy like hairy MEN.
:, IL irrad down. their body inclined forward.
~, r whole appearance was like running for
ir lvt# and ceased to wonder tlla, the natives
.r the widest slpcrsiiti1ns ai"nt these will
.rn of the wuuis."
CURIOUS SrniES.
One of the stories was that two Mbnndcmos
Women were walkin. together thrhlGh thu wmHls.
w,.,! suddenly an immense gorilla stepped int"
the path. and cuchn" one uf the women. 'hrr
her of in spit, ut the screams and struggles "i
both. The other wulran Returned IN the NliiaSr
WAS given lp Tor lost. Great WAS the surprise.
therefore when few day, after size returned I"
the village. She rela;e, that she had rvr!tlaily
escaped from the gorilas. Yes. -ald "nr OF the
men that man that had turned mt" y
gorilla" wlici explanation was received with y
general grunt of approval, f"r these c"pIc be
hcvc that some men have turned INTO gorilla :.
Surh ruriEls the natives believe can never b,
killed. and the possessed bcIsts aru. accord
ing to them. endowed with the intelligence
Of man united To strength and the lcr''rity
ur the beast Another Iiau told how, some wears
ago Il party OF goras We're found in 4 field al
sugar caclying upon the canes IN regular bundles.
preparatory to CARRYING it away. Tl,, natives a /
lacked thrnI but were routed. several being killed,
,vc ot ilrrs We're carried awa ly the 1orlllas. hIli
IN few days they returned l",nr ulnIhjnrr'i. with
this horrld exception the nail "f their fingers
and Toes had been torn I'll by Their 'aplor- Final
H. the story wllcil current among all ih trlins
who art, at all Tuar with The gorilla WI. related.
iha, tins animal ilr> III S:a III the lower hranrlIcS
of ll,e trees watching Tor people wh" 80 to AMI fro.
mi wli"h one passes sufficiently near Grisls ti''
rhlrss fellow will, his ''"w'rlrll I'. and draws
iu,r ~ into the tree where in - l,rrall! rlinhcs
them.