. Natural history with anecdotes: illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., etc., etc . ul fangs were shown as heagain sent forth his thunderous roar. He advanced a fewsteps—then stopped to utter that hideous roar again—advanced again, and finally stopped when at a distance ofabout six yards from us. And here, just as he began anotherof his roars, beating his breast with rage, we fired, andkilled him. With a groan which had something terriblyhuman in it, and yet was full of brutishness, he fell forwardon his face. The body shook co
. Natural history with anecdotes: illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., etc., etc . ul fangs were shown as heagain sent forth his thunderous roar. He advanced a fewsteps—then stopped to utter that hideous roar again—advanced again, and finally stopped when at a distance ofabout six yards from us. And here, just as he began anotherof his roars, beating his breast with rage, we fired, andkilled him. With a groan which had something terriblyhuman in it, and yet was full of brutishness, he fell forwardon his face. The body shook convulsively for a few minutes,the limbs moved about in a struggling way, and then allwas quiet: death had done its work, and I had leisure toexamine the huge body. It proved to be five feet eightinches high, and the muscular development of the arms andbreast showed what immense strength it had possessed. Asmaller gorilla, shot by M. du Chaillu on another occasion,measured five feet six inches in height, fifty inches roundthe chest, and his arms had a spread of seven feet two inches. Digitized by Microsoft® Plate No. 1 MILES NATURAL
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