The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-18

uaugherl The gorilla skeleton, the skull, excepted.
resembles me bony frame Of than any other
apc. MAn mas t~eve pairs OF ribs Tue ourangs have
tue same number The gorilla and giobaps have thur
teen pairs But with Que respect to the gorilla We mus
ming. tLaughteri Mal has seven ce-yical verebr;s:
twelve dorai or ribs: i've iumbar vertehr i've sacrxi
verse"rn eyn. csrpa or wrist bones Tie gorilla has
lumbar vertebr@; SIX sacral verteb eight carpa or
wrist bones. The genera homo, troslodytes, and
pthecus have precisely the same number or vertcbre
The hand Of man Is composed OF nneteen bones go IL
that OF the gorilla All the other apes have the hand
longer but in tho gorilla il is shorter than foot and
in this makes nearer step 10 true affinity nau The
number OF bones found in the foot OF the same
as found the gorilla and in the other anthropod apes
The neel OF tue gorilla has . more decided pro-
lection than that OF any other ape Although
the foot be arcuatsd to the leg With slight inversion
other ape. The great toe is perhaps. tho most char
accrstic peculiarly In the human STRUCTURE is that
foot ana the hand In the degree OF its approach 70 the
DEVELOPMENT Of the hslIux, or big toe. the quadru.
manous animal makes true step In afhnitv 70 man
But in the gorilla az In other apes the thumb by posi-
on DIVORCES from the otnsr toes at anglo OF sixty
degrees; hence the foot OF tho gorilla simply hand
OF immense strength. The number OF teeth In the
gorilla and In all the other manke apes the same
"a In man. They have four inclsors two cannes four
false moars and SIX true moars In eacn Jaw or thirty
two teeth in all. Their milk nt0n cons SITS OF twenty
teeh as in the human child Tho Hottentots and the
Australians have the smallest cranial capacity among
wne the largest capacity yet observed in male gorilla
- only thrty0ur and halfnearly one-haf less than
IN ue lowest savage. IL IL true that the average capacity
between that lowest savage and that OF the highest Cau
casan Is very great for In the latter the capacity OF
the Uranium has boon found to be one hundred and
fourteen cubic nches hence there Is difference Of nty
one inches between the two, while the difference OF
BRAIN between the lowest man and the highest gorilla Is
only twenty cubic inches but then the leap sud-
dem but such gap 10 not found In the human family
Inc cranai capacity OF ayouns gorilla about two years
oia s from twenty to TWEEN y-txo cubic inches sup
posing subsequent development equal In to
that or man, We would have animal OF high
grade OF intelligence But this development docs
rn0t In hrutv
In the adult gorilla, other anthropo,d apes over the
young Is very slight The head increases in slze
weight with age; but 1t Is the bone which grows into
hard, firm brain The brain itself remains almost
without increase OF weight This proves conclu
ligence: and from my own observations believe the
limit Of that intelligence may be reached in single
year or two. The condyIes Of the occiput in
brought forward TO the base of the skull and by this
the balance OF the head the neck bone. which has
slight tendency forward. The arms Of man in
symmetrical proportion than IN apes and his whole
frame proclaims that he Is made 10 walk erect; any
other position would DO painful TO him And II the
similarity between man and the brute creation
wore even STILL closer than Is cannot the great Creator
say 70 tue beasts Of the field rnus far shalt thou go
toward the likeness Of man. but no furthor thou shalt
not speak"f thank God for having created mo with
brain that can think so that thoughts back to
the ages that are passed. that may comprehend in
hendng them humble myself and say, what am l? But
above all things thank Him for the living soul that He
mas put within mea soul that shall live when he who
speaks to you shall have gone whore his forefathers
have como before him. and dust sha have returned 10
dust. Applause.l have now gwen you, MIR. Du Cnsiu
said in conclusion, account or the gorc. Many and
many days were spent by mo in the study OF nature
while in Africa: and many very many pleasant hours
were thus wbi cd during the years spent that
far-of lard. But pleasure reigned not always. There
were many days OF hunger aud starvation of Sickness
and what is far worse, there many days when
the strong will that guided me gave way--days when
] asked myself il would over como back hers-days
when felt SO wretched in my loneliness that cried
like child, for wanted to see my friends ] wanted
to sec many of you faces l see hero tonight
for the memory OF the pleasant DAYS we had spent to-
getter came back to The will strong but the
heart was weak. Space and absence could rot kill
friendship thank y0u all for the hearty reception
you have given TO the poor African traveller.