OCR Text |
Show MONSTER GORILLA OF AFRICA. Huge Animal Believed to Belong to an Unknown Species. Intel estliii; Information reardlnc 1mik' KorlllnM of hitherto unknown Hpecli'H lias been ohlnlneil by KtiReno tliusseniix, a Krcucli odlrhil nnd ex plorer from northern Afilen. One of theHP Htrnnge monsters was shot by one of tlio oniclnl'B Blmrpshootfers. The animal ineuHiiied 7 feet C Inches In livlRht. was A feet In width across the HhiiuldeiH ami Volched 720 poundK. Oni of thb hands, when dls-memliereil, dls-memliereil, weighed kIx poundH. It leqtilred the' united orTorls of eight native na-tive soldiers to drag the dead body of the beast fiom the point wln'u-fl It was kl'led to tlio French icsldency nt I QupBHou, tlio administrative center of ciintral Sanghn. Tho iinlmnl waR here skinned and burled. , IlepurtH have been received nt this ntatlon frequently during tho last few months of the presence of theso big creatures In tho upper vallejH of ho-nanl ho-nanl and Sangerch. hut hitherto It had been Impossible to como to close quarters with them. According to native na-tive reports, however, the nnlmals are usually -ferocious, not hesitating to attack at-tack rarnvaus during their passage 'hrough the country. These gorillas differ csseuttally from oIliei'H. The oars are small, tho tlioulilers and thighs are covered v, I th dense and long black hair, whllo the chest nnd stomach arc almost bare. It Is behoved that they belong to a Fpecles Oiat hns not heretofore been rcen liy whlto men. |