The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-12-28


kind hearted to refuse; and he loves everybody
Good fellows wife pale and emaciated, decrepit
with care and full OF sorroY; mean easss wife
hale and hearty; fat, red faced, and weighs a
ton. Am I righta s ''e'aaska q y '-''f
'"< il' The GorIIla. 'lo1 l' or
Mons Du Chaillu, the famous African traveller
who Discovered the gorilla, delivered lecture
1t Chicago : week ago on the history, habits, &c.
Of the wonderful brute. The Times gives syn
opsis Of the lecture from which the following is
an extract: Aat's -e'1ea'I 'Aat
The natives give to the gorilla the ferceness
Of the beast and the intelligence of man. The
speaker did not exactly accept this theory but
was glad to learn what the natives thought about
they told of men and women carried away, reg
ular attacks planned and carried out but gem
orally took but little stock in it. He at length
reached the country where they roasted the leg
Of man for bseakfast Here he was treated
kindly, and here he saw his first gorilla, One
day, in the jungle, he heard the breaking of
branches, and on pushing forward, crawling on
his belly, he saw the branches bending and snap
ping in the hands Of q veritable male gorilla
The beast stood there, the size of man, with
long, brawny arms, lgiant hands, and fierce gray
eyes. It uttered cries remarkably similar to the
human voice, and it. seemed not in the least
afraid Of the men. At last he fired, and the huge
animal fell to the ground with groan fearfully
human. After the deed was done, for the frst
time fear seized him, and his teeth came together
in most uncomfortable manner The natives
hardly knew what to think Of man who could
kill the great gorilla, and predicted that one Of
such power would be likely to go into the woods
and lay siege to the heart of female gorilla and
elope with her'-s queer style Of love making,
thought he.
He had but one Of his men killed by gorilla
This was south of the equator, where, in the for
est, his man Gambo, was sent ahead to- explore
the route. They heard, some distance ahead, the
report Of gun, followed by human voice, and
this succeeded BY the gorilla roar. On hasten-
ing forward, they found Gambo lying dead in q
! pool of blood, the gorilla standing over him.
crushing and bending the gun-barrel as though
it had been twig. He was 80 much affected by
the death Of his guide that he resolved to follow
and kill the gorilla. He did so,s and narrowly
escaped the fate of the native; but, when the
/ monsters huge hand was almost brushing his
face, he pulled the trigger Of his rife, and the
murderous king of the forest lay at his feet life
less s45.,y pa, ss4. al xs5 - tnuoa a3 M ias.,
In the dense forests through which. he was
j compelled to pass, he was frequently whole days
A without seeing single beast which could be
4 eaten for food. He occasioually indulged in
\ monkey meat mot by any means a paiatable.
Sss 81 az: p ;. ind h.
had killed 9 ndsle Sorillas, ~ females, and Z
A yoang ones The assh yves decidedly snilar I'M
4 sSpsetsnee ~ tAs.human desh.a Aaae the sim.y
ilasity " tasfs, he could not cay, never having.
n tx3ted the former, but the natives declared that
h the roasted lsk 6FakofiIla end tasst 81 { human
1 II tell Il. difference: 49, - '''''" ''"
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