New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-13

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M evening can of barren or prairie land where they
cannot live remember the hre5 Ilno ever saw Ile
hungry fanCicd would Ike DuHaOr.t"". ~ ny nic'
were IN The woods trying 70 DiihS "t pio oMo
nc | stood IN the woods, wien. al aI oAce, saw
bacl, face coming toward me- running IL Was one %
mynen. did not fire. When suadGy' the Oeast saw ,v,
E E ~ fit mo hair on the top of the. head IN the
iInurhcTl They have much narrower range than the
pecies of cGimpanzeo or the gorilla; they much
eF thaa the others meyer found this Kind Of chin
nance higher than four feet and three or four hches
| ohnpanzoos and the gorilla-are even less powerful
i'm proportion than their diminished size would indicate
on the and face; have whskcrs coming from below
and of course their face is intensely black
once hunting the forest IN the Batalai country ana
| the MpOngwe, when suddenly saw female cmmpah
eating berries, occasionally LOOKING Ionay az h9F pap2
very much a human mother would at hers Ektra0r
binary may seem, and much To my own SURPRISE 'he
skin OF the young ehmpansce Wae "le' mn'Ia .h,
mine, but very pale, just like the SKIN OF deao persO
We fired at and killed the mother and OF course, captured
the baby Immediately ordered Ietlcat 70 'ic Uahnl
The little chinpanzee ran toward it's mother, touched
her face and seemed TO mourn. lie saw AZ once Uat
some great change had taken place In three DAYS mat
| little Chimpanzee perfectly tame. Kept INN nve
thief Iaughcr that the first step in civilization he
made, and though don't say tho negroes would steal
tive. uusOphiStCated man great scamp TOO laqshter
This little fellow followed mo in the forest and became
very gentle as well very cunning lie would
watch the natives and, as soon as thcy went away io
their huS. he would invade theu mus ana sea' ,J h
would away with the greatest CONSERVATION. When
ate. he would mount tree to take Vew oL Wnat waS
table and then and Indicate that ne wanted
something If anything beside what ne had mlle up M
it. and continued to do So till he got what he desired
His last exploit stealing bottle OF brandy maI
been absent; when returned smeed strong smell OF
brandy: found the bottle broken. and young chmpanlec
dead drunk beside il. llaughtcrI lfy0u ,dd seen MN
YOU could have comprchcndcd how much like beasts we
are when in that condition. Applause Finally one day
he refused his food and died stufed the specimen
my farmer visit to this country. found the crrin
capacity OF this class OF cmpahzeG 70 DC ABOUT ~ 70 t
cubic inches The skull OF TINS bald headed ape ooC t
nearly resemble the skull of man as does t oil te
gorilla. IL seems to DE caricaturc OF man Inc ehe
bOny frame OF the gorilla also bears closer ILL.,
to that of man than docs that OF the Daldheadcd Cl
pauzce You cannot claim a single bone more 'nah
the gorilla The gorilla mas 10 pare VI lipS, anu
the man has u. and you must remember that man a
to Know something about (Laughtcr Perhaps bachel,
still retain the thirteenth par Renewed laugher,l
well shown and accounted for in TINS Immense llusc
uefcring 20 painting of gorilla, to ridge OF bone
Teprescnied running from the cheek 10 the fdletl
bOnes) to which powerful muscles are attached ne
very much like man III hight nave haa IA my SVeceiOn
specimens five feet 10 inches in length The gorilla roams
in the forest and feeds on berries never remaining wv"
days in the same place With his enormous Galhes,
examined the stomachs OF al those hat killed. TO See
some specimens in that way, never found any trace
OF and think must therefore conclude tal nc -
vegetarian Some gorllus measure five feet 10 inches
round the chest while the middle finger of the hand on
some OF them six TO six and hall inches IN
ma-thc milk tcethat first % teeth, and four additional
as grows older making 81 HIS strength Is enormous
he pairs with his mate aud they 20 together remember
the first time the male gorilla. We were gohg 10
the forest, when suddenly i heard cropping
OF branches ahead Of me. We approached nearer
and heard terrific barking roar ana SAN the cor
beast looking us straight IN the ice linen ne pfa
his breast with mis- enormous ham0s ana ~ ilhe
the beating Of large drum Then he gave vent TO roar
after 1t ike an aPpaon oil the dcNl before
me We tired at and killed him. am very happy to say
that gOrllas die very easily ana any one mas pactSeu
large that YOU do not require much skill to hit him.
have killed hyenas, and leopards ana hlplOpOtanl ana
gradually to the pitch where could lace gorilla
When we were the Bakalai forest on ono OccasOn one
of my had become separated from the party ana
We hurried IN the direction whence the noise calne, and
found the man lying in pool Of blood. The gorilla had
and literally laid him open Not beng carniverOus. he
had not troubled HIM further The female seems to be
very kind young. have had several specimens OF
the young gorilla shipped one and, in order not TO be
troubled, got bill OF ladmg and sent him to MesSrs;
Barring & Brothers, LondOli and it on the bull that
to pay 5000 receipt of the live gorilla He died
t Eigns three poosps Of the live gorilla This little
fellow was instantly put III rage by the sght VI te
that respect from the chmpanzee 1t may some day be
possible To have tame but the operation OF tanning
a full grown gorilla, it is entirely out of question with
jaws so strong that ne leaves great dents IN iron o
huge ridge of bone before referred to, with the attach
ing muscles connecting with the lower jaw show that he
hasneary as much stiens III ,ne JAW az ~, iI mas t
think have not quite found out an ih9 naPiis OF le
men, have doubtless made many mistakes But whatever
mistakes have made have been made unintentiOnaIy;
for have had conscientious desire TO make none lap
plause When came 10 civilized country thought
could Introduce new fashiOm but found c0uld not
The pictures back Of me represent the enormous chons
which found worn by the women OF Ashangl Ihey
! last two three months; and alter wearing them
discoveries naturalist might make III them
Laughter and applauseI But the cttgHon Is not the
only requisite of beauty among the Ashangls In order
make that complete, the woman must have the four
upper ncsOrs pulled out the four lower ncisOrs filed to
point the face and body attoOed and their eyeashes
pulled out when they DO the they are 70 regarded f r as
Ashanu women do not come 10 the dignity OF such
chgnon as these painting before they 25 years
beng of more than 200 houses and the villages are sur
rounded by 200 plantan groves was much pleased
with that tribe. When in the INTERIOR reached
the territory of the ObOrigOs the only dwarf tribe met
and which may be the Pigmies or Evarlrdus. They
varied in hight from u TO u 1eet-snal men ana women
frequently solicited to marry one OF the most fire.
quent prOicrs had proer OF wives, and had to
make speech OF hour To them 10 explain 10 them that
i d.d not want to marry When was IN The AshaDgi
country. sitting with the natives, with plan
tain before me, when gun went OF saw the people
running away in CONSERVATION, and when turned
a man lying dead / had only three boys and four
men, and $50 miles from the coast. The
chief by my side at once arose ana left. offered
the value OF twenty for the one that killed. and
they had long palaver IT, There strong
" the village who in favor OF accepting my prop
OstiOn. Bnt great excitement at length was manifested
The people became frantic, and 40 once saw there was
way OF going further toward the Nile. called my
ogethertOld them never 10 look afraid, and made
them pack their loads which contained my most precious
thinGs-cOlectOns, photographs and manuscripts
self carrying Journals we left the village While from
the villagers poisoned arrows sent after
The lecturer described his return 10 the coast, his sail
London English vessel, and said: can assure
yOu never guided by any ambition in the eXpora
have made As citizen Of this country, expect
ed earthly reward bestowed upon me- IL always gave
me pride and delight IN those mountain recesses and IN
the midst OF strange people, TO display the nag OF the
Union with all its stars (applause knew well that my
fellow citizens who should have returned, would be
glad to know that had done so lapplamsel .,.,...
Mr. Reecher called for by the audience at the close
OF the lecture, but declined making any rcmarks