Year: 1875

World writes from Africa I'm the
south east corner OF the attic of the
building) concerning some remark
able discoveries of party of Ger
man explorers whom he had accom-
panied to the interior, under the
lead of DR.. Won Gutdenhorn. On
the l22nd day after entrance INTO
Il hitherto unexplored forest, they
emerged upon a vast plain, on
which were some large trees, look
ing across which one could see the
silvcry glinimer Of a lake, beyond
which mountains rose to an enor-
nous height, For some reason the
goriIlas which had been following
the expedition refused to follow
them into the clear, but stood on
the borders Of the forest, shaking
their fists angrily, while their faces
wore an expression Of tiendish and
indicative delight, which puz


zled the Germans, and, il all that


DR.. Won Guldenhorn says is
true, should afford DR.. Darwin a
new chapter in regard to the ex-
preston of emotions in animals.
Their actions were, indeed, so az
gravatrSm that the men could with
difficulty be withheld from giving
the brutes a taste OF gunpowder,
for Germans have II special dislike
OF being made the subject Of ridl-
cule, the cause of which they can
not understand. After the fatigues
of their long journey it may readi-
ly be believed that tho explorers
were gratifed to find greonsward
on which to lie, and plenty Of wa
ter to drink, for the plain was irrl-
gated by rumbcr OF streams, on


the banks of one of which they sat
down and proceed ID to eat Il hearty
dinner. Carefully observing the
ground, they saw at distance of
about five hundred feet plot OF
land which seem to indicate that
the territority was occupied by peo-
Fle skilled in agriculture. 1t was,
or appeared to be, planted with a
vegetable resembling gigantic red
cabbages, arranged in regular rows,
DR., Won Guldenhorn approached


them in order 10 make a closer in
spection, when, to his great sur
prise, they moved rapidly away,
each on its own pedlcIe, giving at
the same time a loud shout which
strack the. exploring party with
amazement and CONSERVATION. In
less than a minute thereafter the
air was full Of stones, hurled with
considerable velocity from the place
to which the anomalous beings had
retired, towards the Germans, and
two of the party were struck, al
though the aim taken did not seem
to have been very accurate, several
of the missiles falling wide of the
mark. Reused by this attack, DR..
Won Goldenhorn ordered his men to
fire, and two of the beings curled
up in death, their pediclss kicking
and convulslvely quivering like the
legs ofa hen whose head has just
been violently removed. The noise
of the explosion and the fall of the
two beings seemed at once to strike
terror to the hearts of their COM
RAIDS, who ran off again, filling the
air with their c.amorous shouts.


The Germans then advanced to
the place where those lay who bad
been hit with the bullets and exam
ined them. They were found to be
animals SO closely resembling men
as to neccssitate their classification
in the genus homo. Taking hold of
tho extremity, what had al
first been supposed to be a
pedicle, OF the corpse of one
the other being merely wound
ed--Dr. Won Guldenhorn found
1t IN every particular to resemble e
the hand offs man. In lifting it
from the ground the arm of this
strange thing was found attached
to the trunk by ball and socket
Joint; the abdominal integuments
which were very small, were situa.
ted as in man there was very
short neck, and the enormous head
had first caused the beings to be
mistaken for cabbagcs. This head
was furnished with tho eyes, nose


mouth, and ears of man; the eyes
being small, but well set IN the
forehead, the nose somewhat fiat
and quite broad, the mouth capa


clous and the teeth large and strong
and the ears Ike those OF a negro
The top Of the head was bald, the
hair having been worn Off in a way
the cause of which the party after


ward discovered to their cost. The
bone of the top Of the scull was ap


parently very thick, rather elastic
than otherwise, and evidently ca


pable Jf great resistance. While