The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-18

from NV party to my allotted station when heard the
one after another. or course back fast -
could and hoped TO dead animal when got back
the other: but was again disappointed Ny Mbon-
saw BY of blood that marked her track she
had made good her escape. We set on in pursuit but
there IN the Jungle man can only creep
the middle Of quest and campsd the forest
The next morning we pushed on for the densest and
most impenetrable part Of the forest. Hours alter
hours passed, and yet no signs Of gorlas Sudden
ly I noticed head Of one and noise as OF
some one breaking down branches of tnees;. this
was the gorilla knew at once by the looks
OF the We all examined guns carefully, and
then We marched on cautiously to the attack The sin
guar noise Of the breaking Of branches continued. We
walked with the greatest care making no noise at ALL
and pushed until thought at last that we could
distinguish through The thick woods the waving and
swaying Of the branches which the beast tearing
down in order to pick on the berries growing thereon
ON which he lives While we vet creeping along
cautiously the woods suddenly filed and echoed
with the tremendous barking noise or roar OF tho gorilla
Then the underbsh swayed about rapidly Just ahead Of
US and presently before us stood gigantic male gorilla
he had gone ehrough the Jungle his ailfours, but
when ne saw our party he reared himself up his hind
legs and looked us boldly in the face II sight shall
never forget Nearly six feet high with immense body.
huge chest and great muscular arusn Intensely black
physognomy, with hsrcely slarng large gray eyes,
and the most hellish expression Of face, like night
mare VISION stood before me the king OF the African
forest He was not afraid OF for he stood thero and
beat bis breast with his fists until Il sounded like
large kettle drum through the forest which found TO
be his mode OF giving defiance TO his foes all tho while
utterng his loud barking roar The roar Of the gorilla
the most singular and awful noise heard In these
African woods. Il begins like the sharp bark Of an
angry dog then sldss into deep bass roll which liter
ally and closely resembles the roll OF distant thunder
from the mouth than from the deep chest and vast
paunch Of the animal His eyes began to flash fercer
and hercer - We stood there before him on tho deien-
sive and the Of short hair which lay his fore
head began 70 (which rapidly up and down, while his
powerful canine teeth shown he sent forth thun
dering roar He reminded me now Of nothing but
0Om0 l0lRh dream creature. being OF that hfdeOug
order, half man. half beast He advanced few steps,
then stopped to utter that horid roar once more
whom at distance Of about SIX yards from Ms and
here just he began another Of his beating his
With groan which had something terribly human in it,
and yet british, Ne fell forward ON his face the
body shook oonvulsivey for few moments, the limbs
moved about in struggling manner, and then all was
quiet Death had done bis work. and then had leisure
to examine the body. Ny people fed on It in the
ing although they carefully preserved the hair for their
fetishes OF which they have two kinds lone which
gives the man strong arn IN the hunt and the other
rendering It's posssssOr perfectly oewtchins With the
number Of their wives this last fetish is carefully sought
for. In the evening We had but with few slight
stories of the previous night Strange 70 say, my
nervous system affected after killing this gorilla
that ,r.%osa all oyer and my teeth actually chat
counter with male gorilla Az time went on and
explored different countries met more Of them, but
ing that might DO theend OF mo- and whom preparing
for gorilla hunt always biackened my face and hands
for prscsIson and dssass In my former s1Psdon
It Ashira Aloko, the people Of which wore getting
ready for hunt the next day. Every one merry,
food once more in camp itse dreaming Of what-.was
actually going 70 bclah them Z gave powder to the
q sd Or
other game luck might send them, while nx more, Of
whom I,was one, were 70 hunt FOR gorllaa We set
who was Ashra chief, said We should and our prey
The gorilla the darkest and gloomest parts Of tho
FOR bis and = cand . only On ,as sSsss
sugsr The peculiar haunt ho selects oftsn
dark that At midday Jon can hardly ten yards
the OF the monster before firing in that
the first shot may fatal for q have observed b.
me os s u
the custom, 10 search tho woods In escry direction
Gambia and kept togethsr. One brave fellow went
other three another We had been about an
hour separated when heard gun fred but little way
on our way % The spot who're we expected 70 ZEE go
la sain when the foress began 70 resound With the
most terrific r0s .ns Sa, seized On my ,s arm ann Y
with . dreadful and nckening alarm. We
bad gone far before our worst fears realized
on the ground In . pool Of blood, with his abdomen
laceratsd; his gun was BY hts sids with the stock
tened We picked HIM up and ! dressed his wounds
with rags torn from my clothes and gave him nttle
Ss xs ?; Sd =: n e e. voice hSw
second shot the gorilla dashed out Of bis hands che
terrific roar, the one We had heard, the animal had
given him tremendous blow with his open paw, which
h ,S s the .
been instantly killed The monster, however, had then
left him 70 his fate We hunted up our companions
all was excitement and sorrow The people
q once declared that u was no true gorilla
:h.. had attacked him su; naS man
before This principle OF fataism and transmration Of
souls is brought in BY them In all such think
whom these mschancss exercise very depressing in
Auence The hunters are the most valued men IN the
s anc
pecial privileges among the viliagsn The proudcst
tme Of huntsr s when he has succeeded killing
mnsnss gorilla which We supposed 70 BE- the one that
had killed the poor hunter. who had subsequently died
in the collection Of objects or natural history sxnbsed
my hfsG return from Africa Some years SINCE This
collection embraced twenfy.ons sorilas several chin
teen hundred birds and more than hundred varie
tiss Of quadrupsd eli Of which nearly new ths
o. o 10 de ss o
being very ndnsrsnty received, took The collection 20
England, and received mr. moro for i there
70 the attack IN the way have described 70 you
The supettons Of the natives very great and ron
of2L Wnoo NO erflVoo IN villages Win gorfiinS
several Of the away for that they might
give birth 70 gorilla Il has been ny good fortune
Be- the rst 20 psnetraie the hsan Of the gorilla Year
after year have seen him and studied his habits and
while my experience and observations prove tbas
many Of the actions reported Of him arc FALSE,
may say that no description can exceed the
horror Of his appearance tho ssocy q his attack and
the impsh nalieoty OF his nature am ssrry 10 be
the dkpesr Of such agreeable asiuaous bat the gorilla
does not Turk In By the roadside and drag up un
suspicious psxses by In his csws He does not attack
the elephsns and beat him 70 death with sticka Hs
does mot carry away women, and the stories Of his
attacking In great number are false Whenever
questioned the natives found that these thinas had
always happened In the time Of their fathsA they
could never point any one who had seen them.
II lives in the lonsest and darkest portions OF the Ar-
can jungle prefeins deep wooded valleys and swsmpy
fosessa Il 10 restless nomadc beast. wandering from
place 70 place. and scarce found two days In the same
ncighborhood This rcstessncss caused by the strug
gle II has 70 hnd favorss food; for though the
gorilla possesses such immense canine teeth, aud
though ts strength doubtless ts II TO capture and
kill almost every animal which frequens the
forest u 10 n strict vegetarian ] have examined
the seomsohs OF eli thoss have killed, and found
there nothing but the traces OF berries pineapple leaves
nuts and other vegetable matter II Il huge feeder
which protrudes beforc when