Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-25
THE GORTLLA SATIGEL.
Has it Ever Been Seen Alive by ~
white Man in its Native IHauntst


In a recent number of the Popular Science
Monthly august, 1879, in an interesting mr.
ticle 10y A. II. Grote, A. NJ, upon MAN and
his Structural Afinitios," on page 1870, it
says
"From the herd of monkeys found in the
Oriental and Ethiopian regions of the Old
World, the apes are readily distinguished by
certain structural characters The body is
that of a human being, except that the arms
are proportionally longer, and the legs short
er than in the average man. The face is very
human from the structure and position of the
eyes and ears. A tail, external to the rump,
is entirely wanting. The body is covered with
n sparse and soft hair, except the face, toes,
palms. ard sules which are bare. The spe-
cies which has been written about the most,
and about which, strange to say, we know
the least, is the gorilla. Whether this ape
was the species called by this name two
thousand years ago Gorilla Savage) by
Hanno, is doubtful, and Of 10 importance.
Wilson and Savage, two American missiona-
ries, seem to have been the first in 1876 and
1917, to bring us certain information of this
comparatively near relative of ours. do not
think that we are grateful for the discovery.
Generally speaking we could have dispensed
with this satire upon ourselves, although we
have no responsibility in the case. At any
rate, we appreciate one value of missionary
t"por Ainer i iLisslonaries' ny .her IT.
invaluable information from time to time,
concerning countries difficult of access, and
their strange inhabitants. Since the discov-
cry OF the gorilla 1t has been written about by
several tiaNeners' -, me it, accounts Oh personal
~ I..l,oi,, yo,,,i,,'i III Xv;,,rCo1 pno5l
most reliable traveller. doubts If an adult
gorilla has eUer boen seen alice in its Hdtire
hduntS By uhtte man. The specimens sent
awe TO EUROPE, ana which nave been claimed
.,' nu,0 t q, 9'','s my "'"' ;'' ui%"ss
STAGES Of Growth Rut tio ekplls ord sLi,,s
sent by DR.. Savage have been followed up
by complete skeletons, and preparations sent
by other travellers, and naturnlists have been
aoIe .ituS " s.uay alo apP.uiurge anu s,iuo-
ubicI 10 crodiIly stoteJ ~ irlaIit C,rirai
Africa from Sierra Leone in the north TO
Loango in the south Living in the dense
forests of that region, and avoiding the pres
ence OF man, ~ Is oniy WIN ullll y, they
,,e,,ro co,,,o,,o a,d ~, ,,,, oro
killed etc, etc
The writer of this article in the yenrs 1sIG
and 1S47 WINS cantoin and suncrcarpo Of "A
vessel on tbe east coast of Africa Sailing from
BOSTON with n caroo CONSISTING of cotton
goods muskets nowder Nexican dollars
etc. the first mort after rounding tbe Zane of
Good Hone and proceeding mn Mozambique
Channel was zanzibar Tot;tude Go a. 9Gy
s. longitude zoe IL RI" F. under tl,e rule
of the Imaum of Nuscat The island of Zan.
zilar is noted for tbe nrodpc,ior NJ cIoyss
md in n certain stage NJ thoir dev.,or,oent
when the land breeze which commences 10
blow abopt spndovn and confines mill a.
Ter sunrise nrevails tho ,arf,,r,e from, tho
Glove trees as e,nerionced Nv ono nj, boord ~
A vessel living in the barbor IL somewhat on.
nressive and fine well. known line IN Risbon
Heber's famed missionary HYMN. "From Cey.
Ions snicv breezes - 10 NV no means oItogetb
ar n ..noets ucense~ Af,or corcI,,dirI ,ba
Lrsiness o,,er,d ,,,or a. zon,ihor in d;s,,os
inc If caroo meLino cortroots for f,,,,ro do
livery NJ iyor, cloves ann corol OTTO ord
,roooiro an irterrrater Who by tho vo,
y,os q native NJ Nodogascor of iettv blacL
moss IT cor se. hin, now tbrorgb tho ,nis,s
of so many ve.rs with ros,le.s manner and
to,,ox, GOV, ol,ros, boor b,s sbor,, o,,;,, =,
toronoo IL rvos sr,,,,os,.l 10 ma ~, tb ,,or,,,
tbrorob ,rbon, hal ,rorsocte1 tio h,,i,,,oss
NJ tbo vessel IN Arob an NV naval oeFo.r il
a., s,r,;oo ~ ,,,o Ir,o,,, ,,,a, &c ~ Co., 20
INV FOREIGN trading vessels Ind ever visited
tbo mort 90 Toroo n tbe north ~ zorz;bor
loorto;,,l,, Mana TO-, ,,o,,,, ,.,ors, u,o.
ho ,vou for ne ~ touch n, !, -, o,,r yo,,o,,o
ror,bxord whore II uyas tbor,l, so GOOD
tbot time IsiG> op the east coost ~ Afr;co
,,os ,o,,o,ybot bo,or,ors mn, o,,l,, ~, ooo,,,,.
90 a., ,,,,,,,o-o,,., ,o-oI ,,,ts ,,tiob t;,,..,
,ba sbora brt also from, ,ho dotoo,i,o,'o,s
If evistino charts It heinz deemed only mn
don't ot oil fines whom in With Tho Iord 70
have - lookout kent oloft Tho arnroocb 70
,bo mort of Tamoo uss avan more d;eic,l,
tbo n that of zonzil.r op account of ontIvina
ooroI roofs which .v+.,,ded como dis,an.e
IN, from tbe mouth of tbo river on which
lance ;tsoIf n fovv miles mn ,yos s;,ra,.d IN
,lo ri,,lt horL 7, u,o, ,,oroto-o ,l,,,,,tt "a
,,;sotIe tho, ,bo sorvioos 81 . ,,;Iot shorld h.
sec,,red ot zorz;bar who ,,os ocoroir,od lor
,,,os soid y, ho 90 ,,;,h ,bo ao,,,b % 80,
tbo rroror channel eto AIR. ,osso.,,o 80
a few DAYS AGAINST n bead monsoon tho iord
vos made Of Iamoo in lat % ond in
order that all precaution MIGHT he toten tbo
fret oftioer was ordored olort with ,bo ,'y,,oI
lookonl n Give tirolv ,yorriro &c rooords
sbooI v.t.r tbo Load also hoirS, oors,o,,I,,
,hro,vn A. ,vi,, froa ,y;nd ,yo w., ,.,,,,
,,;,,, :, ,o,,,o,1. ,,,o o,,..,,,.o ., a. -
sbool ,vo,cr hoaor 10 he renor,ed from, a,ot,
,1,,,;.;,,,, r., a. -. - a.. a.,
Zoo caIIsdn lint he WINS o,,t;na confnsod an1
fos, LOSING his nresenca of mind and feel;na
thot 7 could do M worse tbon he was av;dont
10 srre 10 40 rur tho vo.sol sshor, Card
t5omnh or,inari,v i l. vorv da,ioata , ,%na
., ir.ortor. I'LL r;lo, VEGA, ,bo o.,,,,,a,,1
tro,, hin, and ,n,,soIf d;roo,i,,o, ,lo oc,,,ao
,,,,o,,uL a. -. -, a.. .s..,l, ~
,ho ,;vor r,ho,, ,,a ,yi,a t.;,;,,,, al = 80.
o,r-o,,t on, a., - ,,,o, ,,;,, %
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