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

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Leoane. Kooloo Kauba and OF young sorili.s and
cnnpanzees; and We must 81 once conclude that the
gora Is even behind the apes in the approach OF the
You the broad o,snS u sS,s q thai
Of al the apsswhoss skulls all recede towards the back
% .ns nsad very striking fact in the gorilla ska IS
ing development Of the temporal muscles, which 70 n
very striking feature or the Uranium This ID only IN
osd 80. s on Tn.
ridge Is unknown in the female she possesses far
less Strength The long ridge over the eyes ~ sinos,
Ieroeoqs look The maxllay homes axticuIas with he
i nass. bones, a. IN tho other qusdrmanous. .na
"o-spIs ~ mosl animsis win regard 70 see'n, ,,sp
wear out with age me number Of their
teeth Is the same as In man. thry-two The incisors
three distinct angs In the Caucasian Of man these
ngs are oisn united In The other skulls Of lrog-
smaller rounder than that Of The gorilla and even
tne kooioo kaubathe latter has, perhaps greater re-
iave oraniai capacity The corresponding small amount
OF the brain Of the male gorilla and the excessive
pondersnce Of the csrebelium, with its enormous
strength would seem corroborate my opinion 70
the excessive brutality and ferocy OF the beast The
changes which in the development Of the female
gorlas skull from early youth adult life, not by
any means az few A. they in the male gora's skull
Wnicn indeed ID complete mesamophosis The skulls OF
young gorlas, male and female and OF the chmpanxee
are much alike by drawings you
IKE As the animal grows older the occiput becomes
long and compressed, and the large and project
ing, ne frontal ridge. which was 3~all before becomes
prominent and the crest and occipih ridges which
unnoticed IN the young become enormous in the adult
male gorilla the respective cana capacities Of the Chin
panxees Nshiego Mboune, Kooloo Kauba, and Of the
gorilla, were as follows:-Four adult .Chlmp
skulls measured twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four,
were eighteen and twenty-five cubic inches one youns
Mboune measured twsnty-0ne cubic inches one Kooloo
kauba adult measured twenty-five cubical inches. On
male gorilas has been found TO be 2a27 cubic
inches; the maximum was s45 inches. while
the average Of there adalt female gorllas' cTania
capacity 1885 cubic inches As interesting con-
trast, win give summary Of sbe measurements Of
the late Dr. " g. Nor1 a1 Of 'I Ph,lsSsph,s'
The average capacity OF the adult negro and Australian
sixty three and sxtydve cubic inches Was found among
the Hottentots and Australians Now the average in
thirteen adult goras was but css5 cubic inches and the
range OF capacity s only from twenty -four 20 thirty
that is 70 say eleven inches taking both SEXES and from
eighteen 70 trenty-sx IN the chimpanzees, but from
sevsnty-three in the lowest type OF human IN
tegence The variation in the size OF the brain il
siderable in the human species. but think the position
and the quality OF the brain have with the In
telectua manifestation In Than the size although
tho intelligence Is visbly altered according to the
weight OF the cerebral deposit The cranal capacity OF
young gorilla about year two old Is twenty
twenty-five cnbic inches. Surprising subsequent de-
velopment equal 10 that in man this would produce an
animal Of high grade OF intelligence ii is only the
bones OF the skull that increase in the gorilla grows
In years, not the brain itself, which remains
infant young This proves conrlusively that animal
has very small power Of intelligence and from my
reached within year or TWO AFTER the birth Of The
young gorilla In the Caucasian skull the average capacity
Of the brain s about ninety cubic inches and the maxi
mum has been found to be one hundred and fourteen
inches In the position OF the head and the
ure Of the vertebrai column the position
only natural one any other being quite painful sster
awhile. This difference il organic one, resulting
from habit, but from natural structure The whole
frame OF man procaims that he lasde to carry HIM
I'm
apes, his superior exremites do perform any
in the ACT OF locomoton. Then comes the head TOO.
with It's enormous expansion or BRAIN the condyles OF
the occtput brought forward the base q tho skull
and by this balance OF the head tho neck bone the
arms in man are in more symsrica; proportion with the
length Of the legs Inc lower lub legs longer
than in any apes The pe.rB broader than long, me
liiac bones inclined ssepy, the huinerus larger than
the fore arm, and hnay the thumb is much larger
than in any ape, and the useful member OF the
hand. According 70 DR. Grstoist, Of Pars In the
lowe idiots the brain presents the material and zoolog
pearance 70 that OF the cbmpsnzee other apes Is
nevertheless an nndeniable human BRAIN Disease
depreciation in continued reproduction dwarf man,
but win never make him an ape. Although there Is
great dissmilarity betueen the Ions frame
IN n. latter resembles haeous esrsurs Of hmo
being The anatomical peculiartes OF the anthropod
apes point ous marked difference 20 man that the
lower types Of human beings Soon 10 be very
slight in comparison Ever the comparison c!oser,
OF the nsd, Thou shall 20 thus Gar the likeness Of
man, snd no fartber thou shalt neither Spesk nor
so =. v Gua p a 0a s er nssSs er
can 20 hack 70 ages thatars past that may compre-
bend In some measure sbe wonders or creation. and IN
ssy. :whas am Ir' Bss aDovs III things thank Hin
for the living soul that He has put within mes
70 you VIII have gone whore his, fOrsfs.hsn
have gone bsfore him when dust viii return % dust
the gorilla and my former travels aad much abuse was
hsapsd upoa ne by two three individuas but must
say never received % mnch kindness IN any country
greAs Of that land have Welcomed me. have never
been In any OF their cities without beng invited bs
There b hardly : county where have mot some kind
friends 10 welcome me in their pnnceiy mausions In
decd, when think Of ~ am surprised 1t the great
Hospitality that has been bestowed on me By the
sssssgers. As long ss / live win always have
frieads have shsra only wish tho people Of the two
nations might know moro Of each other for I am
they would spprsc.: the manly qualities that belong .
scientific men, SIR Rodsrck J. Nsrchisen and Professor
me from he attacks Of thar cosatry men, and also 70
the Royal Geographical Society Of London. shall al
ways remember ny noble pubsher and friend, John
grateful heart, bus thought ., deity owed the
country that received WE'LL and governed by
good md vstuous Queen a. the world ever saw.
Ths lecturer having ssacladsA, Dr. Griscom slapped
forward 10 the dssk sad rod bef letter Of thanks
from the society V sbs public and ne disiingushed
traveller in which be took 70 suguy. from NE
isssrsn manifested in shs dsceursss Of Professor
Agzssiz On Bnnl, ard sf the lecturer Of last
svsniug on she African INTERIOR that the
metropolis Was progressing favorably in the a.
tentioh of 10 citizens 70 pure science for the sake a
science Dr. GriscoA took occasion further 70 c0mpli
nent the lecturer ON The valuable additions made BY
him to eur knowisdes q Ashango Land and other pos-
tons q Central Africa and resumed his seat after
which resolutions tsnderng the thanks OF The
society and OF Ne New York public 10 n Paul du
Chaiilu for HE minute and Interesting account Of
hitherto comparatively UNEMPLOYED region, adopted
The audience thea dispersed.
rM AHr~Excise AsITATna.
The ADti-exciss meeting advertised V BE- held last
evening 81 the Brockiyn Garden, and q which was
announced sminens spcaksm were TO be present and