The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-09-16
The Gorilla---Almost a Man In Ap

pearance.
The Philadelphia Times described in
the following manner a gorilla on eXhi-
bition at the Centennial show:
Those who have read Du Ghaillu's
African Travels will be interested in
seeing the stuffed hide of terrible
gorilla that was killed by the plucky
| little Frenchman in an encounter which
he graphically describes. 1t is exhibited
with the Ohio arcl biological collection,
| in the mineral annex of the Main Build
| ing. The exhibitor is the Mount Union
College, of Alliance, Stark county, OHIO,
| for the museum, for which it was OBJ
tained at cost of $4,000, When this
| formidable beast was attacked by Du
Chailiu and two negroes he wren Ched
| the guns out of the hams OF the latter,
bent them in the shape of a horseshoe,
killed both Of the Africans, and then
| rushed towards Du Chaillu, screaching
horribly and beating his breast with his
fore hands, as the gorilla always does
| when it is enraged. The little Gaul,
| however, finished his gorillaship with a
bullet through the heart, the mark Of
| which may be seen. This affair oc-
| Cured on the banks Of the Gaboon River,
| in Africa. The stuffed hide-generally
known in Centennial circles as Dr..
DarWin-stands erect, graspng with
| one hand the limb of IA tree. Assuming
HIM to be still in the flesh he weighs
over two hundred and fifty pounds, ana
| ls an excellent specimen of the nearest
approach in brute Kingdom to man, from
whom, in outward appearance, he differs
| but little except on the lace and palms,
with dark brown hair, which is long aud
| bushy on the head, shorter, but equally
|
very light and sparse ON the breast and
| the back OF the hands. His height is
| five leet, eleven inches. Belonging to
| the order OF quadrumana, he has four
| hands, twice as Large and bhree times as
powerful as that Of an ordinary man,
from which those on the arms do not
differ in form, while those on the legs
are shaped like mans foot, but have
| longer dIgils and are used both as
| hands and Ieet. The animal walks on
all tours AS readily as on his legs only.
| The legs are about SIX inches shorter
aud tne Thighs much thinner than those
of AN ordinary developed man OF
the save height Of the gorilla. The
bones OF the animal are, however, one
and half times as thick and strong as
| those OF such a man. The list is yerti-
able sledge hammer, the arm hardly less
than d battering ram. AS he never
carried pocke knife his finger nails ap-
pear TO- have been in mourning since
birth. - The circumference Of his chest
| is tiity-four inches, and that of his wais /
about forty. When erect his arms
reach three inches below his knees. 1t
| is in the head that his animal nature is
mainly displayed. 1t is twice as long
as that Of ah ordinary man, forming III
the rear an almost straight ine with his
body. The forehead is scarce half an
incn high, fat on top ana receding
almost horizontally to the immense
bump behind. The upper half OF The
face is fat and square, the eyes being
very large, brown, glaring, about five
inches apart and located near t4e top
and sides OF the face. The lower hall is
the bump of a monkeys physiognCmy,
chinless, but having a mouth, the cor
| ners of which are four inches apart in a
straight line, and nine if the measure
ment is made around the lips. Where
The social and intellectual "bump" are
| in man here is next TO nothing i'll the
gorilla, although, corporally, he is but
| one step lower than man. In spite OF
his great yawning mouth, horrible grin
ana four immense canine feet, the ladies'
inspect him with great interest.