Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-01
Du OhaiIIu's Gorilla at the Centen-
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Those who have read Du ChaiIlu's "Af-
rican Travels" will be interested in seeing
the stuffed hide of the terrible gorilla that
was killed by the plucky little Frenchman
in an encounter which he graphically de-
scribes. 1t is exhibited with the Ohio arch
geological collection, in the mineral annex
of the Main Building. The exhibitor IS
the Mt. Union College, Of Alliance, Stark
Co., Ohio, for the museum Of which 1t was
obtained at cost Of $4,000. When this
formidable beast was attacked by Du Chail-
lu and two negros, he wrenched the guns
out Of the hands of the latter, bent them
into the shape of horseshoe, killed both
the Africans, and then rushed toward Du-
Chaillu, screeching horribly and beating
his breast with his fore hands, as the gorll-
la always does when enraged. The little
GauI, however, finished his gorillaship
with bullet through the heart, the mark
of which may be seen. This affair occurred
on the banks of the Gaboon river, in Afri-
ca. The stuffed hide, generally known in
Centennial circles as CDR. Darwin, . stands
erect, grasping with one hand the limb of
tree. Assuming him to be still in flesh,
he weighs over 250 pounds, and is the
nearest approach in the brute kingdom to
man, from whom, in outward appearance,
he differs little except in the formation of
the 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 arms, legs and back,
and very light and sparse on the breast and
the back of the hands. His height Is five
feet eleven inches. Belonging to the order
of quadrumana, he has four hands, twice
| as large, and three times as powerful, as
| those of an ordinary man, from Wnlcn
those on the arms do not differ IN form,
while those on the legs are shaped like a
mans foot, but have longer diglts, and are
used both as hands and feet. The animal
walks on all-fours as readily as on his legs
only. The legs are about six inches shorter,
and the THIGHS much thinner than those OF
an ordinarily developed man Of the same
height as the gorilla. The bones Of the
animal are. however, one-and-a-half times
as thick and strong as those Of such man.
The frst is q veritable sledge-hammer, and
| the arm hardly less than battering ram.
As he never carried a pocket knife, his nm
ger nails appear to have been in mourning
since birth. The circumference Of hls chest
| is "a inches, and that Of his waist about 40.
| When erect his arms reach three inches be-
| low his knees. It is in the head that his
animal nature Is mainly displayed, 1t is
twice as long as that Of an ordinary man,
forming in the rear an almost straight line
with the back of his body. The forehead
is scarce hall an inch high, fiat on top and
receding almost horizontally to the i'm
mense bump behind. The upper half OF
the face is fat and square, the eyes being
very large, brown, glaring, about five inch
es apart. and located near the top and sides
| of the face, The lower half is the bump OF
q monkeys physiognomy, chinless, but
| having a mouth, the corners of which are
four inches apart in a straight line, and
nine II the measurement is made around
the lips. Where the social and intellectual
"bumps" are in man there is next to moth
ing in the gorilla, although corporally he
is only one step lower than man. In spite
of his great yswning mouth, horrible grin,
and four immense canine teeth, the ladies
inspect him with great interest. A Kan.
CARGO rat from Australia, Brazilian great
ant-eater, flying monkey from the Philip,
pine Islands, and an Australian kaola, 81
stuffed, are also exhibited here by the MI
Union College Museum. The koala Is TO
dent about as large as fox, having IN ap-
pearance the head, body and hind legs OF
bear aud the flippers Of a kangaroo,
4 Philadelphia 1Emes
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