The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13
HUN4Iyc THE GORILLA.
Many Unsuceessful Attempts TO Procurs =
Brain OF tho GInnt Anthropoid.

| From the Philadelphia Record.
The story OF n long but frultless hunt for the
brain OF gorilla is told in n letter recently re-
ceved In this city by Dr. Thomas q. Morton.
Eight or nino years ago DR.. Morton asked his
| friend. the Rev. Il II. Nassau, who was going
| to the GRboon and Corsoo mission. on the
| West African coast. to try and secure for him
| gorilla brain Tor sccntinc examination. The
| Mr. Nassau, latter. lIe arrived IN Gnboon in
Deeember 1881. but there appeared TO be no
active hYn,ns bsS%n Mr. a! ssys July
would not be in tho village ioqr days without
| succeeding. They told wonderful stories OF
twod0ys passed but what SOMEBODY'S saw them
In the gardens AS tho Earden work Is done
nrinSp%iy by women S6n 1t was tnGy who m9It
meeting them in the path. and being pursued
From all their accounts tho gorilla Is full OF
! the acts and the tricks IT the monkey tribe
quick to read faces. Tho women G"inG an
inG TO them than TO mon. But they a sail wo
! white people would have no chance Of getting
50 near, that the anmas would detect any
! hoped We would XIII many Tor thor gardens
5 osrbsns by 9 o f iGc sn s oY SR
though they often saw these animals, they Wore
afraid to shoot with their GtnGocks, that
whose slug shots werc not immed ateiy fatal,
and that then they were Mt the mercy OF THO
|
| met with u male who dnrod lace II, not to
! fire TIL only lew yards distant. aud oven then
being ncHUaintei with guns. ani ali having in.
| formed cuch other So tho native believed OF
,iucAing tAer hcads down At the click OF tho
| trigger. We wCrc to ann ut thr abdomen,
which, from it's siyc. could not tail to lie in
! lured. and tho head AMI Ghost would pr"bably
! he tierccd by the animal having tucked hi.
posed os nth ut is head Io0' SD0' "'''''' 10 S0p
| On Thursday, July 1S we all won't some
| fourteen men and eiGht dogs in tho boat 30 Il
! large island shortly after sunrise. Ny own
boat. and OGula described the lay u the lad
| SO that thoy were to follow around TO another
o T4S as WS Tos e RnG yST TG
| grows IN 50 wherever thore arc abandoned
plantations lho orieina forest Is easily
| Kills out by It's shade the underbrush But The
coi HAS are looked for mostly IN the nianta;,
| search nothing was heard or even seen except
the tracks OF wild pigs.
was on another part OF tho island we had teen
ut came in frantic haste, saying gorilla was
Just then seen by his wife. We Went. sure
beast had chewed, aud spat from his mouth.
still wet with -pitll%; aud tho brokeH branches
o. caSsaya narkcd his exit from tho garden.
We divided into three companies the right
and left and centre. ! was IN the centrc, NJ.
Gacop went with oGua to tue right. OEmln
was the only one who saw the Gori Ia u female.
but IT disappeared before he could draw on it.
This stimulated our rIgns thYt night + ;qr tue
started in n canoe with three mon Mt J 4. NJ,
and followed an hour later in the boat with
er;ll region Of the previous afternoon. There
were frequent and fresh signs.
The thicket was Impossible TO @ passed hv q
human being in any other than thono y wayOf
cutting with Ions, knives We, carried. or by
vines. bushes and. worst OF All. grass growing
many feet in length, whose loug marrow lcgyes
snsty Of ' this giowth abovS kei ont the
leaves lower down. and the thirE"t was tun;
need with many PASSAGES. interscctng and
opening out into spaces ii a!sguAre rod or wo,
where might he clump OF trees. aud whore
the animals, had thor scoring places on no
lowor branche-. You perceive that oven /! n
gorilla was heard or sighted in thi"ket, while
We were. crawling on our bellies it could get
away before We could snatch our gun into posi-.
tion, and Ii the ANNA. should only bo wounded
We. would be in a very ugly place.
animal was near Wo divided. VI. Gacon
going with oTuIa TO ono sii"; ! and usam-
Wyamami to the 10 olher. SUq"nlw mo d.:
screams of a laby gorilla wero heard. Tho
voice did not seem e 10 moro thap forty or
barking kccame more savage. tie screams
more az, niIG4 AMI a. We tore our H., way
Ery h"w!s Of II parent gorilla. EI"rybDdy took
his own way ioi!"S siEhl OF Zach 2tlioT; fol-
Tint iicrco centre. But tie bar. ceased with n
yelp: tho screams and hOWis fauidly II, edod
faster than we could follow. emerged int u
small oren glade where stood UEuIa' M.Gacon,
The dog lad come upon n mother and child
q: tho foot OF n tree IN a hollow which WAS sill!
warm The mother had He'd. but hal retained
NJ the scream OF the chill which tito Joy had
seized. 1t was luet at that moment NJ. Gacon :
AMI OEula saw them. The mother sauped tho
dog with her hand. and Tho dog had d. opped
the child with II ye,p # uHin. Ogula hal al.
lowed the precious IL IN sAt 10 ass. tcuring 10
Kill his dog with the siuES Of his muekct. II. /
Gacon was in his rear and emerged On Inc spot
Just as her child disnUI carol. lie had not IL
moments lime to got MS rifle into position
on our way bnck 20 tho Eoht We cane into T
In me-
slept that worry night not less than twcn;y an
imuls. 1t was eNa;r"ra;ing that we tad bc"n
only fow hundred va DIS from that SPOT IAe
afternoon before ana that very morning.
on saturday. July ~ we all rose AZ A, NJ, !
whore Oh the previous a IerI opn 'arCn CoriIit
had been repor Ell. did not like H." plan. | .
wanted 20 go TO Yesterday mornnEs REGION. !
the long ,polnt on which the animal had bee"
On TUESDAY, July %, ,G;ula and osNmwa:
mani. ashamed of our i'll success. declared .
without MS before daylight to a distant place.
some OF which had ;akon refuge in high ttee
tors beyond 'he range q their muskets. TLsy
regretted not having taken us along.
ihad gone strollinG along tho rocky beach
iew points distant. | had 10 weapon
OF the two children in the water WAS anna cd
TO see three baDoonS ,andhc.ously walk down
hundyed yards across l DO believe they saw
/ had no weapon.
We gave M the search for n gorilla. MY kroo
was still intlamei. and NJ Gacou : enthusiasm
waned. We could not deny that There were
gorilas in abundance. hut III" dlDcu!tea IN
thom wcre Iust as obvious.
During all those Years from 1852 10 lSH9 /
had employed II hunter A2a2e. LIVING ut Ora@-
rn about thirty-!iyo or forty miles down tho
riI or from kanGore. ir2mi~i n:; him good %.
ward II Lo brought mo dent gorilla in good
condition. To rot II 10 mo IN god oo@d!tin
Mt kHlROr0 he would have to start iullCn,l-
nicy and pun day and ni-h'. II"
brought two carcnsses here, while ! was At
some years Hgo. ana they wer' tho
last, there being no I'm. IN" hero to,oIon a sEall
year ago. 1t reached me- hoc" JUS; as was
starting up TO TolaEuEa, hat actually
would have started The mo -scngor hat ar
rived during the night. but had ,Hk"n his
leisure 10 deliver: would have stopped tho
Journey. But the carcass WIS tho spoiled,
md what would have Eiyon larE" sum ir
us worth nothing.