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


is also shy and huatsd a times ali day without com
ing upon my quarry, when felt sure they we're care
fully avoiding when with their females they are
. sSs ms q rum on When
pair OF goTlas the male, eating, seated BY
rock or leaning sgsns. tree The female feeding
by, always gave the alarm, and then on WIN
loud and sudden cries. The male, sitting for moment
with . savage frown his face, slowly rises 70 bis
and 70 ss. Ss ss G
round head utters his frightful Sometimes the
gorilla smuses itself with roaring Ike lon and in tho
far distance have mistaken IL for muering Of thun-
der One day found that 1t male gorilla roaring
TO it's female who after while would be heard with
voice OF this animal The echoes swelled and died
away from hill 70 hin until the whole forest was full or
the din AZ approached could hear sns
hls breast with his huge hs,s Presently
saw cracking. and saw through the woods how
broken on While was watching these actions the
animal suppose became aware Of the presence Of dan
ger for presently dead silence followed the loud
roars and when, gun in hand, broke through The
woods, my gorilla was gone; but l learned an
interesting fact In examining the wood saw
the canine teeth Of this animal, and saw also some
surprising examples OF their strength Several Of
hard wood, two to SIX inches In diameter, had been
broken, andI found that the gorilla had bitten into the
heart OF these trees and had eaten out the pth. Now
by the peculiar form Of gnawing, saw AZ once that
CANNES was caused The strength Of tho gorilla IL
evidently enormous The negroes never attack him
with other weapons than guns and in this part Of the far
INTERIOR where guns have yet reached this great beast
roams unm0ested the monarch OF the forest bat the
female when alarmed utterss low kind OF cluck, with
which the watchful mother 70 call her child 10
her. The young have cry when In DISTRESS but their
voice Ia harsh, and sometimes Is more moan OF pain
than chids cry The female gorilla has never more
than one young 1t time. l have found skulls where
the huge CANNES were broken on The negroes told
that such teeth were broken in the combats between
/ think this quite probable Such combat
must form magnificent and awful spectacle. The
gorilla walks in an erect posture with greater ease than
the chimpanEee When standing up his knees bent
At the joint outwards, and his body stopped forward
The common walk Of the gorilla Is not his hind legs,
that the head and breast raised considerably and
II runs, the hind legs are brought far beneath
the body. II can run with great speed The
TO trees but ran along the ground. have never
found the female to attack though have been tolo by
will sometimes fight have sometimes watched then,
in the woods TILL eager a. was to obtain specimens,
had not the heart 70 shoot When the mother runs OF
the young ones grasp her around the The adult
gorilla think 10 perfectly untamabe and the young
ones, far my experience goes. have been
kind or harsh, subdue these little monsters. They
the constant enemies Of man. resenting captivity,
the shape Of civilized food and ATTACKING with TOOTH and
nail me, who was in constant attendance the
starving themselves to DEATH or dying without other
which could not suffer captivity nor the presence OF
man. In my former book, Equatorial Africa"
sssa y Joe. ana S s.nS ' s0'a mnsA
cd made me give him the name Of Fighting
joe had 70 chain him, and in despite Of that when
approached him he beloved and made preciptate
rush at and succeeded in cathing my clothing, which
he grasped and tore with his feet He SAT in his
ont o. n s
he remained 10 captivity the more morose he became.
Four days after his capture he succeeded IN escaping
went out to recapturs him Going into my hut 70 ret
my gun, ! vas startled by low growl coming from
my % Master e, s .ss n HOW s
take him va. pusziing question ! cared not 20 %
bttsn severely IN hand 10 hand struggle. Finally
bed and threw large mat over him, which enAnsied
the young monster Who roared fghtfuy and kicked in
cssd hs Sss and another G ss an ana Sos
held ~ four man shn extraordinary creature proved
most troublesome. We placed him as soon a. possible
life. He DARED Is any Who came his cage and
gared with sullen eyes. Ten days after he died
suddeny On this last journey captured several and
same temper ~ the nrst and i was with the
greatest trouble that succeeded in taking
his photograph. He could not bear the camera, and
roared and beloved At tho sight Of IT, He died month
after ne had been board when the bananas. PLAN
unlike the c6impanzsss, who two three days after
they have been captured become quite tame sue
Of called s as
nshisgo nksngo nshsgo snbouns. or the bald headed
chinpenxee and the kocoo kab specimens Of al Of
most remarkable is the nshieeo snbonns which
also 70 be tho most intelligent Unlike the gorilla. he
s s ,o much u sDUa s DSs NC
the perfect bAidnsss Of the heed Besides though
the mothers fsce was istenssy black me faces
fsce Of the Young gorilla, like that Of liz mother, n
intensely black: kept young nshiego for several
adult gorlIas vary q much men, from ave to six
feet though she latter heights only attained BY few
= rms ss eSss
not appear however, except in Abe racs ON the breast
and ~ the palms OF the hand The hair Of grown bat
arms the hair dark and much longer, being sometimes
over two inches long grows upward on the forearm
S. on az
hair In the adult male the chest il hare In the
female the color Of ths hair is BLACK The eyes are
constant savage scovl. The mouth Is vide,
one S Y: edge. sharply is s s.h' Sas.. C.;
The jaws are Of tremendous weight and power. rhs
hinge canine teeth Of the male are fully exhib-
the red color Of the inside his mouth which, in contrast
with his intensely black face gives additional ferocty 20
* q S.ns - ss he @
me eyebrow azS thin and almost last In The hair
q TIE salR The sys'ssh:s are also shin;
rsssmbls ihs human ear rhey almost On he sne
~ es = ~. s s .s
On srssuss q small pseisusns nose bona rhs gorilla
: ne only ape hiss shsvs sssA vrciectiss- me
nve fess sx and ave fest eight In oircnn-
ference inc shoulder !. erceediegly broad; the
pscsorAl regions show slighty projecting pair Of
nipples. me abdomen V Of immense sire, very
prominent aud rounding 1t the sides The arms have
prodigous muscular development and arc very long,
some Of my specimens measuring more than nine feet
from the extremity Of hand " the other The great
length Of the spd the shorness Of the lsg form
the chief devatIons from the form Of man. The bands
Of the animal Of immense sse STRONG. short and
thick, the middle finger in the csss o. some goras
being over sx inches IN circumference. The nails are
black thick and strong the hand rs hairy far The
division Of the finger. the iasssr % IN man, being
covered with shor, thin hair Tho palm Of the
hand % naked, Gallons and extremely black.
me foot 10 proportionaiy wider than IN man. The
sole also oaous and intensely black, and looks some
what like giant hand Of Immense power and grasp.
In no other animal u the foot 20 well adapted for the
maintenance Of the position. The foot In the
gorilla s longer than the hand, ~ The great
ies Of Of my last specimsns msssured seven inches
in circumference. Such 10 somewhat hurried portrait
Of the gorilla To show you the contrast between the
bouy structure Of man and OF the gorilla you havo
before the diagrams Of their skeletons side by side,