The Jasper weekly courier., 1876-10-13
The GorIlla.

Those who have read Du Chaillu's
African travels viii be Interested In see
ing the stuffed hide Of the terrible gOTil-
Ia that was killed by the plucky little
Frenchman in an encounter which he
graphically describes Ii Is exhibited
with the Ohio archaeological collection,
in the mineral annex of the main build
ing. The exhibitor l. the Mount Union
College, of Alliance, STARK County,
Ohio, for the museum Of which IL was
obtained AZ a cost Of $1,000. When
this formidable beast was attacked By
Du Chaillu and two negroes he wrench
cd the guns out Of the hands Of the lat
ter, bent them IN the shape II = horse
shoe, killed both of the Africans, and
then rushed towards Du Chaillu,
screeching horribly and beating his
breast with his forehznds, as the gorilla
always does when enraged. The little
Gaul, however, finished his gorillaship
with bullet through his heart. the
mark Of which may be seen. This af-
fair occurred on the banks Of the Ca
boon River, in Africa. The stuffed hide
generally known in Centennial circles
IS " DR.. Darwin stands erect, grasp
ing with one hand the limb Of 3 tree.
Assuming him 10 be still in the flesh, he
weighs over 2J0 pounds, and j. an ex-
celleni specimen Of the nearest approach
in the brute kigdOm 10 man, from
whom, in outward appearance, he diff
fers but little except IN the formation
Of TIE head, the length of the arms and
legs, and IN being covered, except on
the face and palms, with dark brown
hair, which Is long and bushy on the
head, shorter, but equally thick. on the
breast and back Of the hands His
height Is i've feet eleven inches Be-
longing 10 the order Of quatrumana, he
has four hands, twice as large and three
times As powerful a. those Of an Ordi-
nary man. from which those on the
arms DO not differ in form, while those
on the legs are shaped Ike 3 man : foot,
but have longer digits and are used both
a. hands and feet. The animal
walks on ali fours az readily a. on hrs
legs only. The Ices are about
six inche, shorter and the thighs much
thinner than those of al Ordinarv-de-
veloped man of the same height as the
gorilla. The bones Il the animal sre,
however, one and half times s. thick
and strong a. these Of such a man.
The fist j. veriiable sledge hammer,
and the arm hardly less than batter
ing ram. As he never carried = pocket
knife his finger nails appear u have
been in mourning since birth The cir
conference Of his ches: i - inches and
that Of his waist about 40. When erect
his arms reach three inches below his
knees. II j. in the head that j. animal
nature Is mainly displayed. ! t~ice
a. long Is that of an Ordinary man,
forming in the rear an almost straight
line with the back Of his head The
forehead j. scarce half an inch high.
flat on top, and receding almost hOri-
zOntally 10 the immense bump behind.
The upper-hah ot the face : fiat and
square, the ewes being very large,
brown, glaring, about Eve inches aparI.
and located nesr the top and sides Of
the face. The lower half J. the bump
Of a monkeys physiognomy-ehinless,
but having . mouth, the corners OF
which are four inches apart in = straight
line, and nine If The measurement j.
made around the lips Where the So
cial and intellectual =. bumps are In
man there j. next 20 nothing in The 20
rilla, although. cOrpOrallv, he j. Ouly
one step lower than man. In spite II
his great ya~uIng mouth. horrible grin
and fuur immense canine teeth, the
ladies inspect BAN with great Interest
PhHad,I iia Tunes.