New-York tribune., 1867-05-18
EQUATORIAL AFRICA.
NJ. pU CHAuLU LAST LECTURE-TBE GORILLA AND
OTHER APES.

Tho second Of Mons p b. Du Chaillu's lectures upon
Africa before the Society for the Adyaneement
of Science and Art, delivered last evening al tho
Cooper Institute the lecturer specially treating of tho
gorilla. chinpanzee and dwarfs found In that region
Concerning the ape family the lecturer spoke as follows
The immense forests Of these equatorial regions where
wild roots and berries abound seem well adapted f the
home OF the man like ape which met I'D those regions
among which ranks first the gorilla or " the VIA man
with club" The record of the voyage OF Hann" 'i'
thaCersan admiral is one Of tie most curious baSneDu
OF antiquity remaining TO His voyage IS supposed"
have occurred six centuries before Christ though some
critics place IL at much later period. lie WAS s~"t D,
tue Government of Carthage Ia crcumnavgats t~ ATT
can continent His journal begins with the following
sentence which sufficiently relates the object OF bis soy
age 1t was decreed by the Cathagenians that Hsnne
should undertake voyage beyond the Pillars Of Heren
les and found LIbo PhGnicsn cities" He accordingly
sailed with SO ships of each and body ~ mer
and women to the number Of SO,ooo with provisions
and other necessaries According to Phny he vas ts
Arabian Gulf The Passage in the Peripus or voyagt
HannOi" in which We suppose ne alndes 70 me ANNA
now known the gorilla reads as follows On the lnhu
day, having sailed from thence passing Tue streams %
fire, came TO bay called tnS t itoTn ol 'e 9 % and
island Ike the hIst naXihg '"hs anu
this there was another island. fun Of wld men bnt nnc
the greater part OF them women with nary Dodrs
whom the interpreters called gorillas. Bntpursu.
ing them we were not able 10 take the lu'n hcy a.
is TO saw climbing PERCEPTIONS rocks and rees and de-
Tending themselves by throwing stones at us. h
and were unwilling to follow. wewere Obliged there,
fore kill them, and took their skins on when ssu. @
were brought Carthage, fer did mol hiSlSatc lu
ther, provisions becoming scarce. nere nd shns ns
record Of Han9O which sept dda5. nSp tSe sn.
Of these Wild hairy Women we're ~ nfS Sv me skim.
Of the 1nS IN a i o SSo aud two Of these skins
yet in the temple at the time ihat Ca1nase va @
GOTTEN When in isi7 and 1885, gorilla again began tn
be talked OF, DR.. Jefhies Wyman and frOiess9r over
reached them | remember weI the first time got a
glimpse the gorilla. We had reached place whers one
village had been built, and where degenerate hha on
sugar cane was growing. in the very spot where sns
houses had formerly stood when nay men
Here and the beaten down. torn up Dy te
been chewed Ny men looked at each other in silence
| and muttered the word "Neuyla" which ls ths
So tSe traces @ and presently came to the footprints
OF the long desired animal IL was the nrst tue ha
scrbabIe Here was ow,it seemed, on the point OF
meeting face TO face that monster OF whose Ieocy.
strength and cunning, natives had told me so nuch-sn
animal which since days OF Hanno had not been seen
in its wild state ny white man d y ys ne ftI ot Rv The
tracks easy that theee must have been sev,
| them Tie women of our party, who had carried ths
food their husbands were terrified, anu we lit the
an escort of several Then the rest Of MS looked once
more carefully at guns for the male gorilla gives YOU
time to reload and your gun must not nlss te ioE
the teeth and we departed camp and left the peops
there with fear written on their faces. mao hve men
with me. OF these Aenga Makinda and Ngola set ous
in one party, aud Yeaya and formed another Wed det
termed TO keep near sach otheT that III an ~
| we might be at hand TO help each other, ana Tor
the rest silence and sure nroS a %ets tsa ,cs xs
could easily that there were four or h'e Oh hei;
We saw where they had on oil ouIs, the usual noJa
OF progression OF these animals, and where fto the w
time they had seated themselves TO chew the canes they
had borne The chase began now TO De very exciting.
f % @ shond have discovered their probable Course.
and this done. TO make sure OF not alarmlns
| our prey moved the whole party nttle way ior-
| ward where some leafy huts built by passing taders
servrd for shelter and having here slowed tDe woeh
VINO have lively fear the terrible gorlls In conse
quence OF various stories current amOns te Tides, oi
women having been carried on IN the wo9us oy .ne
was nyer niorc excited in my life For years had
heard Of the terrible Of tho gorilla Of rs vat
strength. and its fierce courage ~ unnspply. onls
stream fallen log, and presently approached some
huge bouders OF granite. Alongside OF these lay am lh'
Of the very recent presence the gorilla Our approach
was very cautions. We Were divided INTO TWO psrhes
We surrounded the granite block, behind wh,h makids
supposed the gorilla be hiding. Guns cooked and 10
hand. advanced through the dense wood which east
gloom, even IN midday, over the Whole seeIe oeh's
at the men, aud saw plainly that they were sest
tSs den. bn S Lest w we shoaG alarm he beasts kns
10 the right Of the rock, while took the ief
Unfortunately, lie got IN advance OF me Inc wtteml
animals saw him. suddenly startled by strange,
dlscOdaut h3fhuman deNllsh cry ana Dehtlu Iohf kv
riss running past III the thick 0l the forest We nred
but hit nothing Then we rushed In pursuit but tbeq
the woods better than did, and could run Tastes
did Nevertheless, caught glimpse oi one oi
lie animals again but m intervening spoiled
aim aud did not ire " hen we could pursue NO more
returned slowly 10 camp, wnere the WOMEN ana
hS men Tege @ th SriI Ioo ed fearfny like hairy Inet
Their head down their body inclined forward their whole
| appearance like running for thclr ntes ana
cred 10 wonder that the natives have widest super,
stitions about these wild Of tue wo0ds" A We
! lay by the fire IN the evening before going 10 sleep,
the adventures Oi the day were talked over ana hence fo
lowed some curious stories the gorilla OF the stories
| that two MbondemOs women We're waxing tosetnet
! through the woods when suddenly immense gorilla
stepped ino the path and clutchng OF the women,
bore her OF in spite OF the screams ana struggles o eo
The other returned to the village and related the
story OF course her companion given mp for lost
Great the surprise therefore, when, afew days aie
eventually ESCAPED from the goas. Yes, said one Of
the men, {" that man that had turned INTO go;
riila," which explanation was received WIN 8opcia
runt approval for these people believe that some men
have turned into gorillas such gorlas the nsyes De-
eye never be Killed. ana tne possessu oeasss "ie
according them endowed with he lnielReh,e OF msn
united TO the strength ana the Ieroei,y OF us sas
Another man told now, some yeais aSo, p"'E - W
! gorilas were found in field OF slgarfsne yms
up the canes In Tcgular Duhoes. pIpsrSy T, S,
routed, several being killed, while others were ear
tured home unininred with this horrd en,epon-the
nails OF their fingers and toes had been torn on oy the
the tribes who at all familiar with the gorilla was re.
lated, that this anina lies IN wait IN tne lower
when passes sufficiently grasps the luebless fe
low with his powerful feet draws him up into the
secluded habits OF this animal his enormous
somewhat close resemblance TO man. help to MI tbs
natives with curious superstitions regarding IT.
The next morning pushed ON for the denses aDo lnoss
passed by and yet signs of the gorilla suddenly
Noticed ahead n9Se & a. o t some goTs Hne knew s one.
by the looks OF my men, Suddenly aswe were yet cfeephs
along in a silence which made heavy breathing seeIo
tremendous barking Of the beast Then the nhneti
rs stood an immense male gorilla lie had gone through
the jungle all fours but when he saw our party bs
six feet high. with an immense body nuge 1hest sId
great muscular arms intensely BLACK face WIN nerne
sEpasssion sa'f8si 'SSi S Which seemed %s.
fora me the king OF the African forest