Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-24

velopment equal in measure to that of man,
this would produce an animal of high
grade of intelligence. But this deuelopn,eY,t
does not take place. The actual increase
in brain in, the adult gorilla, or other an
thropoid apes over the young, is very slight.
The head increases in size and weight with
age; but it is the bone which grows into q
hard, firm brain case. The brain itself re-
mains almost without increase in weight or
size. This proves conclusively that the
animal has very limited powers of intelli-
gence, and from my own observations
believe the limit of that intelligence may
be reached in single year or two. In the
Caucasian skull the average capacity of
the brain is about 80 cubic inches, and
the maximum has been found to be ia
inches. In man the position of the head,
and the curves of the vertebral column
makes the erect posture the only natural
one, and any other is quite painful, and
this difference is an organic one, resulting
not from the force of habit, but from a
difference in the original structure. The
whole frame CT man proclaims that he is
created to carry himself erect, and, unlike
all the other quadrumana, his eXtremeties
do not perform any service in the act of 10
comotion. Then comes the head with its
enormous expansion of brain. The con-
dyles of the occiput are brought forward
to the base of the skull, and by this the bal
ance of the head on the neck bone, which
has slight tendency forward. The arms
in man are in more symmetrical proper
tion with the length of the legs. the lower
limbs or legs are longer than in any other
apes, the pelvis is broader than it is
long, the illiac bones are inclined steeply,
the humerus is longer than the forearm,
the thumb of a man is much longer than in
any ape, and the most useful member of
the hand. According to DIR. Gratiolet, of
Paris, even in the lowest idiots the brain
possesses the material and geological char
acter of man, and though often inferior in
| appearance to that of the chimpanzee or
other apes. it is nevertheless an undeniable
human brain. Disease or degradation may
dwarf man, but will never make him an
ape. Though there is a great dissimilarity
| between the bony frame of a man and of a
gorilla, there is also an awful likeness,
which in the gorilla resemble an eXagger-
ated caricature of a human being. The
anatomical peculiarities belonging to the
| apes, and their peculiarities present so wide
gap that the greatest differences between
the most degraded tribes of the human race
and the highest type of the Caucasian are
very slight in comparison to them. Even
If the comparison was closer-what then !?
Cannot the Creator have said TO the beasts
of the field, thou shalt go thus far in the
likeness of man, and no further? But those
shall neither speak nor think. For my own
part. thank God for having created me
with brain that can think, SO that my
thoughts may go back to ages that are past;
so that may comprehend in some meas
ure the wonders of this creation, and by
comprehending them, may humble my
self and say, What am ! !? But above all
things, thank him tor the living soul that
he has put within me, a soul that shall live
when the one who speaks to you will have
gone where his forefathers have before
him, and dust will return to dust. [Ap-
plause.l The lecturer, having thus far dis
posed of Ashango land, proceeded to
graphically describe his further travels
in his endeavors to get to the coast,
whence he returned to England in 1865.
He was frequently interrupted by
applause, and proceeded as follows
l have tried to the best of my abilities to
give you in two lectures some account OF
the wild country l have seen. 1 wish i
could have done it better. / wish the eX-
plorations / undertook could have been
carried on by abler hands, so that our
knowledge of that country might have
been more perfect, for love knowledge for
its own sake. l remember the time, about
ten or twelve years ago. when beardless
young man was the African correspondent
of leading paper in New York. He wrote
a few letters from his field of exploration
Those who read at that time that paper
have forgotten him and his letters, foI
years have gone by Most of those who
knew him then would not recognize him
to-day, for he has come back much older
wearied from his travels, having passed
through perils by fire and water. He has
seen famine, pestilence, and war, and hi:
blood has been shed for the cause to which
he devoted the best years of his life. But
how glad was he when once more he landed
; in New York, when his old friends pressed
round him, showing him that years of alb
| sence had not made them forget him; and
} need not say how glad he is once more tC
be in the midst of you. Happy am if my
humble labors have added to our knowl-
edge of the unknown part of the world
have visited. Immense applause, amid
which the lecturer retired.