The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-23

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GEII.IA KILLED.
Suddenly a. We were Yet ,rerlil. alnnc III 4
s,lrnrr which mad, hraS, hrra .linS sccui loud
and distinct the woods at uli'' illI"'l with
the tremendous barking roar u the liSas. li'ii
the nmdclrisi, "a,cl rapidly just ahead, :i!loi
present., if >iuud IN iInlIs male GORILLA;
liz had gone through tine I'Iisl'' hIi all i"rs h
wiu.,l I, SAW our party. ho erected himself ali
,k,ri ,is hnI,iIy III the Iar'. Nrarl! s!x lc'i high
with ~. i,urctsc budy, huge chest and great mus
crllarar,s, Intensely black face with lirr'y sar-
Ing large deep gray eyes. and 4 h'.illS expression
OF face which scclllra tn me, h' some I'iSii-
mare visun thus stood before me-. the king
of the African forest. He WAS moi AFRAID
OF u.s. hut stnml there and beat his breast
with h hnsr fist I'LL il IT. "lint!r .!k"
an immense bass ,lr:h which found tn H. Ia :
.,. III I'll rill. tlr til,. r,,'i:iln' :,i. ven.
IL, roar after roar r, roar u tie, gorilla IL the
most singular a: Swiu! noise heard III tusr Atr-
crrl wnn,ls !, b'.s lli. sharp bark al a'l agry
dog. iilr ;:Iid~ into deep bats. wiIn'li III 'rLili
ad i,,sc!y resemble the l"ll "f distant thunder
along the sky 81 drcpis il that 1t seems /" pro-
,ccd less from Il IoIi:i and throat than from the
deep chest AMI va,t lIallirh. HIS eyes began in
II sh lir,c,r tire ;,s We suud ~ the def il-nc and
the crest ur short har which stands "n lls fore
head began Ia twlicl RAPIDLY m ana ""wi'. Wi'i!.'
his powerful trrllI " IL shown as hr sent
forth lurrus ami now truly I'c rcilii::tl-
rd me of Iutiii:Es hut some iu'l!is dream ci'a-
turr.-a hing uf that nis order, hall inli' li.l.
beast l, adva:icc,l ;,m steps. ttlr stopped :"
utter that hl,l,is again. and imt his ri''-t.
au finally stopped When u, :; ,llS amcc "t about
six wards from ,S: and here just IL lr s'-:r u,'
uf llIs r,irs. l'aiig his breast III riSr hlr'i
HIM With. gruali wriI lia'I s'inrtliinE t"i''i !!
human IN it, and yet was full us hruiiS'ss. h:
fell forward "ll his lace lir l"dy sl"rh "ii>uI-
slrlv inr few lmliultcs the limbs mI,vd about III
4 struggling way. aIWl then all WAS quct-t,ai!i
| had tluc hs work. and l had leisure 10 cXan,'
the larS,, body
NJ du Ci,au observed that he. brought twenty
one skins al gnrilias to- ts,Is country few Years
ago. am! offered tn sell them iur $$iOIm. M onc
accepted the offer, AMI llr ila!ly sold them for Il
much larger SIM III EnGla il.
or the Ilahs uf the S"!ln. and the difficulty I'll
tamin: it, VI. du Clau SAID
Tie animal lives in the iuncln'>t and darkest
norton of tin. African jungle prcfcrriLg tie y
wuu,lr, valleys AMI swalnIW soil. II Is RESTLESS
ur nuliatic beast wandering from place tn place,
aIl, scarcely found tw" days III the same neigh
hnrllnu lls r.-tSscss l. caused by tile Siri':;'
sl, il has I" lim, IL la,ur' foul. Fer though ;
.uriI lus>,'ssrS sUrli i"I.S raiiiii' teeth, AMI
| though Ills vast slrrlrSth doubtless Tits linn tn
capture a,r Kill almost every annual which fire.
.lliciil- the forest. lir IL strir v'.srtarah. II
,iun-s not live nn trees indeed lis cIinilti ms
weight would prevent II from ,iuIiIS 80. Snih' ~
the males nlll-t weigh from :ani ~ ltH ,lI!ia lN
| the examination al lin. -iuI:a,.iis al tim' many
specimens lave lIau w;S cila'rh to H>crriaiii
with tulrrLhlc certainty the na al its loot AMI
[ discovered hat ii had II" need t" ascend tree.
! Ii Is fond uf tlI,. heal L. trees, aSn ul Il k'r
| If M viii, :. VERY hard s..-,L
tr,r nv i;rt ,xnIurl.,n,,s ,d tl,; tl,. ..ur =
IL w., ,,', ..r..yr,u,i, Ny Esi Journey has dc.
mullstraicd thai ! WIS wrong f'r l'ay" s''i: -.
of ttrui together. lui found then, Wien adults
,in,,., ,,,,,, ,,,. mall. with u,, female Wlmu
,I ,I I,,,.n,u,. very d I.. w,,r,,, ,rs ,.uu,aunn.
loss In such c;,,: AZ will, The .,ru.ll,.' ,lr.
| pl,ant hrIs partirulariy ni"r,,s'.. amI malignant
ami dangerous I" approach AMI VOC /" the maj
and tin. L1ut,r wlr,, tracks them NM. IL. .,i, i-
,u,rI Iul..I y ln..,iInrI iIi,i. 1T four "i fly,
! ,I;in, ,Y,r u, laliriS llicS.. are very .hv AMI
| then difficult IL approach. H. their hearing is
acute.
~, ILL.,. iI r,,, .I..r;I,, t,,,,r.. linn,
sell r.,.rs AMI r,mrS and IN Il llI si:il, las.
,nnk This inr i ml,,r,i.; uf tinlnI..r t,n, Tia,
,mu that Il WA :: m,!, .nrill r.,ar.I,s T., i,s II,
,,,l,. vim nii,r ;, wI,,I. ,.,ud h. h,.;.I wiI, ,
w...k,.rr,y Tn,, ,,.l.n- swril.l and ,ll.,i AVA,
rr,n, Lill in hill uutil lin, w,, E,tr*l MS TuiI {,