Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-05-24
From the New York World. May 49,
ASHAMCO' LAND.

Lecture by M. Du Chas.Iu Last Even.
sning-The Gorilla shown Up-A Les.
4 son in Comparative AnatOmy,&c.
NJ. Du Chaillu delivered second lecture
before the New York Association for tn,
Advancement of Science and Art last eve.
ming, at the Cooper Institute. The attend.
sance on the occasion was unusually large
The subject OF the lecture was "a journey
In a Ashango Land" The lecturer was
briefly introduced by DIR. Grimsco, anc
came forward amid applause from the au-
dience and said: ~ ! : F-ss M
= q ,ai ADDRESS OF NJ. DU CHAILLU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 1 propose to give
to you this time q short account of my last
Journey south of the equator. In 1858 ]
freighted a small schooner in London.
was afraid of being caught by Captain
'Semmes; but, before started, 1 learned
how to make observations, and when had
learned this 1 started on my last expedi-
tion. j landed on that part of the coast OF
Africa illustrating by the map). After
landed, the vessel went back, and left me
there alone, and took care of myself, but
I could do it very well indeed because
the natives were very, fond of me-
The first thing I did before ianding was to
upset in the breakers just the very canoe
that contained my scientific Instruments
On that coast the sea is very heavy, and
the only reason that was not drowned
was because my black men swan under
me, and did all they could TO save me, and
they succeeded. IApplause.l 1 wrote to
send a vessel with instruments, which they
did. Itwasvery kind of them because they
did not know that they would get their
pay, but paid them. [Applause.1 1t was
very kind. Then started Immediately for
q town called Ogumbo where my old friend
the King was.7I remained there about a
fortnight with him, and when | wanted to
go into the interior he did not want me to
go; but said, :. if you don't want me to
go into the interior will go and sleep on
the banks of the river.n So I went, and
the old King came and said that he would
sleep with me, but to this / objected, es-
speeially as 1 had seen one ~of his wives
-busily engaged with his head the day be-
fore. Laughter.l | had luggage for two
hundred men. There waited and sent for
men, and at the end of a fortnight sue
ceeded in getting them. Bahalai is the
heart of the gorilla country. 1t is famous
for being the home of the gorilla The i'm
mense forests of these equatorial regions,
where wild nuts and berries abound, seem
well adapted for the home of this man-like
ape, which 1 met in those regions, among
which rank first the gorilla, or the wild
man with the club. The record of Hanno's
voyage, the Carthagenian Admiral, is one
OF the most curious fragments of antiquity
remaining to us. His voyage is supposed
to have occurred six centuries before
Christ, though some critics place it at q
much later period. He was sent by the
Government of Carthage To circumnavi-
gate the African continent. His journal
begins with the following sentence, which
sufficiently relates the object OF his voy-
age: 6 1t was decreed by the Carthagen-
ians that Hanno should undertake voy-
H. -
and found Libo-Phpnician cities. He
accordingly sailed with fifty ships
of fifty oars each, and body OF
men and women to the number of 10000,
with provision and other necessaries.' Ac-
cording to Pliny he was to follow the coast
line of the continent till he reached the
Arabian Gulf. The passage in the Periplus,
or voyage of Hanno, in which we suppose
he alludes to the animal now known as the
gorilla, reads as follows: ''On the third day,
having sailed from thence, passing the
streams of fire, we came to q bay called the
Horn of the South. In the. recess was an
island like the first, having lake, and on
this there was another island full of wild
men. But much the greater part of them
were women with hairy bodies, whom the
Interpreters called gorillas. But pursuing
them we were not able TO take the men;
they all escaped from US by their great
agility, being cremnobates, (that is to say
Saimping preclpltous rocks ana trees), anu
oetenuing themselves oy throwing STONES
at US. we look three women VINO Dit ana
tore those who caught Them, and were un-
willing to follow. We were obliged there
fore to kill them, and took their skins off,
which skins were brought to Carthage, for
we old not navigate IurcheT, provision pc
coming scarce. mere ends 6ne record OF
Hannos VINO siep1 LOT thousand years al
most lorgotten: NO DOUBT the SKINS OF
Cneee I WIZ, nary wolnen were nlgnly
SseeeuiSu, ny Tue CaICiiaSenlais; ior, accoru-
ing 70 fnny, tne sklns were hung In the
Iemple OF Juno, aug Two OF -tnese sklns
were l9 the Senpl n %,eh Carenage was
GakeI, ana VIII Ine Iall OF Carthage the
gorliia was ior2otIeh. Ea-a5s 7ya ut
When, in 1S47 and 1S4S, the gorilla again
began to be talked of, DIR. Jeffries Wyman
and Prof. Owen wrote some memoirs about
part Of the skeleton that had reached them
Some controversy took place in England In
regard to the gorilla and my former travels
and much abuse was heaped upon me BY
two or three individuals; but must say
neverreceived SO much kindness in any
country where have been as did there
The learned and the great OF that land have
cities without my being invited to be the
guest of either the Mayor or some other
person. There is hardly a country 1 have
not some kind friends ready to welcome Inc
III their princely mansions. Indeed, when
I think of it am surprised at the great
hospitality that has been been bestowed
upon me BY the English people, who are
not fond of strangers generally. As Ions
asI live I will always have a pleasant
recollection of England and the many kind
friends have there. only wish the peo.
pie of the two nations might know more o.
each other, for am sure they would ap.
preciate the manly qualities that belons
TO the people of each. instead of finding
fault with each other. NV special thank
are specially due then to those two gooc
and great, Scientific men, Sir Roderick j
Mrrnt,;sor ,nd prof.ssor Ou,on Tna,, 70