New-York tribune., 1867-05-18

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,p neopi@ Of which were getting ready for hunt Inc
next day every merry IN anticipation ION & vi ~ ~
was 20 befa one OF them. gave powder 10 t tf mon @
party OF AshiTa SIX were to 20 Oh oteTcr ~ @ pc night
<ond them. and six others OF whom Tas JG " bere
an kshra chief said we should md our prey Iae gota
chooses the darkest aud gOOncsl part 81 to ~.
his home aud found only on the edges OF lhe cekS &
when In search of pantans or sugarcane' o.teh ,ut{
for their peculiar haunI MDou 80 mtH - n
midday can hardly see Ten yarus on inns in rcar
more necessary wait till the monster approaches near
before rng In order that the first shot may prove tata
for a have sald he does not often let the hunler ~
load little party separated as it is the custom "a "a
Lent together one brave fellow alone in direc
lion where he thought he could find gorilla Ine 9nor
three took another course. We had been about an ou
separated when Gambo and heard gun iired Dnt e vic
way from and presently another we WeIe aeDg oga la
our WAY the spot where expected 10 see gVIIa
sin when the forest began to resound Win 1te tion ms
IND we hurried on both filed with dreadful and sicken-
ing alarm We had not gone far Wheh our our ie1 9 vas
wing on the ground in pool OF blood with laceTaed
abdomen; beside him his gun the StoSk % Id Sim p
barrel bent and somewhat hatteed' We pcksu % tT5 "5
and 1 dressed his wound with rags torn
from my clothes ana gave We to5 @ his sSry H fred at
gorilla thought he had wounded II in he sac lelOauSu
immedlately and Just he raised his gun the gorilla
dashed out Of his hands the gun going of in the fan
aud then instant, with err1hc roar. the amman
frghtfuy aceratiug the abdomen and leaving the eh,
trails protrudingthe wonder was that ne was lot A va
hunted mp companions and carried our poor eT & 10
e camp nca %nerS ecsrSd M S thar Il was no true gorilla that
had stfscked him bnt man turned into gorilla The
mtncIns man Of fstasm and transmgratiOn Of souls is
RrnnSbt in by them in all such cases think chiefly to
Keep up the courage of their hunters, on whom SuCh
hunters are the valued men u those negro villages
brave and fortunate one Is admired by ali the women
among his fellow villagers His proudest time is when lac
has killed elephant OF goItlia Inc next Gay Ud9o 20
I've tho one that killed the poor hunter. This
SewlYorS in my collection which / exhibited in this
city which composed OF 2l g0IIlas varying from
lection to this country offered 1t to two OF
the leading scientific Institutions OF TINS country i3r n9
small sum OF $1,000 which not half the amount hao
spent on my travels but my offer was regarded with IN
o espd and there received for them three
times amount. have met ana klleu seVeIeI ,liie
aescTibed The superstitons Of the natives very
great and generally when we arrived in the villages
with gOrilas several of the women went away Tor
fear that they might give birth to gorla IT has been
my good fortune to be the hLst 10 penet@TaIe @ b te
and studied his habits and while my experience ana on
seryaton prove that many Oh e cs exceed the
OF his appearance the 1erOcy OF MS atteh anu
the mpsh malignity Of his nature. am sorry 10 De
dsneer OF such agreeable deuSOns but the gorilla does
not urk in by the roadside and drag up unsupcous
and beat him death with sticks II does not carry
away women. and the stories of It's attacking in great
numbers false. Whenever questioned the natiNeS
these things had always happened IN the time OF ther
fathers and they could never point 10 me me any one Sn n
darkest portion Of the African jungle preferrns deep
wooded valleys and swampy soil IL is restless OF no
nadc beast wandering place to place ana scarcey
found two days in the same nelShbOrhOOd Ins restless
ness is caused by the struggle 1t has TO find It's aVOrte
food FOR though the gorilla possesses such immense
canine teeth and though his strength doubtless fits
him to capture and kill almost every annai Mnlen lio
quents the forest he is strict vegetarian have exam
ned the stomachs OF all those we have killed. ana Iouhu
there nothing but the traces OF berries pine apples
nuts and other vegetable matter Ii ls huge tceder
Indeed its great frame and enormous muscular develop
lnent could not supported by little food 1t does moi
live trees; indeed, its enormous WelghJ would prevent
from doing Some of the males must weigh from 800
TO 400 pounds BY the examination Of the stomachs or
the many specimens have had. was able to ascertain
with tOlerabe certainty the nature OF It's 10Od ana us
covered that had no need to ascend trees Is iona Oh
tho heart Of some trees also OF KIND OF nut win very
blow with very heavy hammer TO break H. ana aeIe Is
which long seemed TO me thrown away on n0n-carnly
animal Only the young gOIllas sleep IN tses Oc
protection from the wild beasts. have myself come
upon fresh traces gorilla beds several occasions and
could that the male had seated himself with his back
against tree trunk In fact ON the BACK On tne auut
mate gorilla there patch on which the mar IS WOh
thin from this position This want OF har is not seeh
among the chmpanzees, which live more on trees De-
1eve however, that while the male always sleeps a the
foot OF tree, elsewhere OH the ground, the
and young may sometimes ascend trees as have
seen marks OF sueh an aSeSslon AlteI @ NY III, III
My journey has demonstrated that was wrong ior
have seen ten Of them T GS dp fms When
the male becomes very OLD ne %anesrS eent be
particularly mOrose and malignant and dangerous 10
one Of these old and the hunter who tracks them
must be on his guard found sometimes bahGs Vl lOu
then dcnlt TO Approach as their hearing acute. The
adult animal is also shy ana huhted an gay at
they were carefully avoiding me When with female.
the males erocious toward the intruder ah9 IN nay
case have never known grown male TO run or Nheh
vi surprised pair Of gOris the male, IL not SSthS Ws
seated on rock or leaning against uee Inc iel,.S
feeding by always gave the alarm, then running on
with loud and sudden cries or shrieks Then IDe male
sitting a moment, with savage frown on his face
slowly rising his feet aud hooking with garn2 eyes az
the intruder, begins 10 beat his breast ana lhtG up Ms
round head utters a frghtfu Sometimes like the
lOn the gorilla to himself roars and roars ana IN
far distance ] mistOok this for a muiterlng OF
Ihunder One day found that it was male
gorilla roaring TO its female who alter whe cO9I9 DS
heard with weaker cry. The echoes swced and died
the din. As approached could hear the deep drum
like sound caused by beating his breast win ms huSc
fist Presently heard trees cracking ana saw through
the woods how, every few minutes sapnAS MAS sWhS
actions the animal, suppose became "iiS 2l 'ne Ps ~
OF danger for, presently dead silence followed me
loud roars and when, gun IN hand broke through Tie
woods my gorilla was gone Dut eaIItu on itei'tIS
fact In examining the wood saw, Tor the hst time,
the Of the great there Is the canine teeth OI
this animal which could not account for before. Sew
Of hard wood from four TO six inches in diane
had bt heart of these and beaten out the
pith Now by the peculiar form OF anawing' saw at
abrasion Of the CANNES is caused The strength oi the
gorilla evidently enormous The negroes never attack
them with other weapons than guns and in the part OF
the far interior where guns have yet reached, TINS
great beast roams unmOlesed the monarch OF the forest
The gorilla has other than that
have described There is, beside the scream Of
ne Icnale, when alarmed, ana "a low hhu Oh cnSh
with which the watchfu mother 10 call her child
% her The young have only cry when IN distress
their voice is harsh and sometimes rs more moan OF
gain a child cry. The female gorilla has more
han young at a time. have found skulls where the
huge CANNES were broken of. The negroes told
me that such teeth broken in combats between
he males for the possession Of female. | think
his quite probable. Such comoats must lorn u
magnificent and awful spectacle. The gorilla walks IN
erect position with greater than the clnmpanzee
and his body stoOps forward. The common walk OF
gorilla not his hind legs but all fours n TINS pO-
raised considerably and he his hind legs are
brought far beneath the body. lie can run AT great
TSe parties which Ihave often pursued never took to