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Show MUSEUM HA8 PRIZE .GORILLA. Monster of the Woods Slain by Ger-man Ger-man Traveler. There has Just boon plnccc! on oxhl-liltlon oxhl-liltlon In the Umlnuff musou'm, at Hamburg, the biggest known specimen of gorilla. It waa shot In tho' Cameroon Came-roon Territory, In West Africa. After much 'difficulty It was removed to Hamburg, stuffed, mounted andiplaccd on oxhlbitlon. It measures C feet 10 Inches from tho crown of tho head to the mfddlo too, and across, from mid-dlo mid-dlo finger to middle finger, 0 feet 3?i Inches. It was largely a matter of chanco that the commercial traveler, Horr Paschcn of' Schworln, shot this gigantic gorilla. ' When the natives camo to tho agency at Camoroon with stories of tho "big monkey" Herr I'ascticn did not tako much stock In tholr 'yarns, but when tho nativo troops stnrtcd out to hunt for tho gorilla tho German traveler trav-eler took his carblro and Wont along. After some hours' travel they camo to the patch of bush where tho gorilla was supposed to bo hiding. Tho natives na-tives surrounded tho bush, and suddenly sud-denly tho beast's head appeared. Horr I'aschon mado a path through tho bush with his buBh knlfo and when within rango took nlr and fired. It was a lucky shot, for tho beast at onco fell with the bullet through, his head. Ho fell with a crash and was almost Instantly dead. It was 'not an easy matter to removo tho gorilla to tho coast and thenco to Hnmburg,' but thoro It Is now, almost lifelike In appearance, ap-pearance, bo carefully was tho mounting mount-ing and stuffing done. Alongside is the gigantic skeleton. Since tho gorilla gor-illa waa placed on exhibition the crowds at tho museum have been enormous enor-mous and tho comments upon Its marked resemblance to tho human species havo boon general. Tho gorilla gor-illa might havo something to say on this subject if alive. |