New-York tribune., 1868-04-30
MIR. wATEIHoUsE HAyKSs's LECTURE on THE
GORILLA.

MR. WATEIHOCSE HAYKISS'5 LECTURE on THE
GORILLA.
Mr.. WaterhOuse Hawkins, the distinguished
naturalist delivered the concluding lecture Of his
on animals Tuesday evening before an intelligent and
appreclatiye audience. the subject being The Gorilla
and Monkey and their relations TO Man In the Primitive
state" number OF drawings representing the gorilla
in various attitudes were exhibited on the wall The Ice
turer illustrated his remarks W diagrams on n black
board which very Interesting and instructive. lie
commenced by anaiomEing the large ape known as the
gorilla animal which, he said, had attracted con'id
cradle attention Of late not onaccount of his elegance
but for hs great strength In Europe they hnd yug
gorilla that lived for two years of tie black variety
OF the chimpanZee which very much admired on no
count OF his supposed relationship 10 ourrclyes. He
called TO the recollection OF thenudence an Illustration
which appeared in PuHeh ~ gorilla. under which were
the words " Am n man and brother He would rot
be dogmatic He did not think It necessary for him TO
draw any broad line OF distinction IN reference 70
man being derived from the brutes. He would put
before them the facts and they could decide Tor them
selves lie had attempted 10 cnpAlh inc annlrapS i S
adaptation Of yarous animals for flying, swimming ana
climbing. He described several nuinas that are hed
for climbing Il being their essential means for obtaining
food; explaining also their modes Of progression ana 10
cOmoon He referred to the cruel mistakes that many
Daturast- had made, and winch nothing but ignorance
could excuse. regarding the sloth, whose movements
slow when out of Its element, but when moving
from branch To branch, eoud tiaNcl lasler thah man
He described the fourbanded baboon or cynocephalus,
which has long snout delicate hands, narrow body,
with brilliant colOrs the face o referred 10 the ono
lately deceased which he believed addepared this life
from overexertion in his professional engagement The
baboon was one step nearer III reference 10 our
Anatomy shows that with man he has bone Tor Iohe;
beyond the Of the bTan the distinguish ng feature
The formation o the monkey OF the old and new world was
fully illustrated BY drawings. He referred 10 the pecu
liar formation Of the limbs Of the bear The resemblance
20 the human limb gave rise 10 great fraud which was
perpetrtcd IN England several years ago The face OF
the bear shaved aud he was fastened Into chair
The arms left fec which facilitated the deception
The ankles aud wrists wcro shaved, aud the paws COW
cred With gloves. The arms were incascd In pair OF
puffy sleeves. The face almost concealed by large
poke bonnet. The general contour Of the figure vas
quite natural This was known as tie pig faced lady,
and IL the only time he knew OF bear being
q descendant pTogcntOr OF the human raco. The
skeleton Of human foot and the fOrepaw OF gorilla
wcrc exhibited The lecturer illustrated very nicely tLo
harmony OF the proportions Of the human foot and ex
plalned that there grand difference between that
aud the foot Of gorilla, although there was Tie same
number Of bones IN each. The drawings exhibited
were taken from the dead body Of gorilla which Lad
been shipped 10 England in cask ~ spirits was the
first specimen received The spirits had eyap0rated
during the voyage through several oces that had been
made In the cask. Several casts taken from some Hint
implements, which had been found while making eXcAya
tDns in Rome were also exhibited. IL was mans ntcl
genee that invented these rude Instruments, and
With these rude implements great work bad been per
formed but not done by gorils with their dlminu
tive brain aud absence ~ chin. Monkeys may Do cuti
waited, but VIII be- as they nave always been. tho
" lords Of creation"