. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . re broad-shouldered than a strong man. Although the gorilla was mentionedmore than 2,000 years ago, by Hanno, the commander of a Carthaginianfleet, it is even now very imperfectly known. If the statements respect-ing the strength and savageness of the gorilla are only half true, there islittle prospect of ever being able to bring over full-grown specimens toAmerica; and the young gorilla presented to the zoological garden ofBerlin unfortunately fell a victim to the foreign climate. Even the skin,skeleton, and remains of the gorilla preser
. Explorations and adventures in the wilds of Africa; . re broad-shouldered than a strong man. Although the gorilla was mentionedmore than 2,000 years ago, by Hanno, the commander of a Carthaginianfleet, it is even now very imperfectly known. If the statements respect-ing the strength and savageness of the gorilla are only half true, there islittle prospect of ever being able to bring over full-grown specimens toAmerica; and the young gorilla presented to the zoological garden ofBerlin unfortunately fell a victim to the foreign climate. Even the skin,skeleton, and remains of the gorilla preserved in spirits, are ranked^mong the greatest treasures of our Natural History Museums. The second representative of the African man-like apes is compara-tively frequent, and is well-known under the name of the chimpanzee,though few full-grown specimens have been brought to this continent;it is much smaller, slenderer, and more elegantly built than the gorilla,and often measures sixty inches in length. While the gorilla frequents «; *,.* \Fp^ i , - mm.
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