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Show CANNOT BE TAKEN ALIVE Gorillas Will Fight to the Death, and Are to Be Feared, Even When Mortally Wounded. The most perilous job that any one can undertake lnthe jungle Is the capture cap-ture of a full-grown gorilla. It Is said that no gorilla has ever been captured alive after he was full grown. Ho would be a bold man who would attempt at-tempt such a feat. Gorillas fear nothing. noth-ing. Even when mortally wounded they show anaglllty, strength and ferocity fe-rocity which Is astonishing. A famous traveler once stated that it would tako 150 men to hold down a gorilla with any degree of safety. ' On the other hand, all other ape are said to be pathetically easy to capture. cap-ture. The usual method Is for a trapper trap-per to seat himself where he Is certain to be observed by these creatures and pretend to drink from a bottle of crude spirits. When he Is sure that he has been observed, he leaves tha bottle and goes away. The moment his back Is turned the monkeys rush to appease their curiosity curios-ity concerning the contents of the bottle. bot-tle. They like the taste of the spirits, and quarrel among themselves for It till the bottle has been emptied. They are aoon overcome by the intoxicant, and the trapper returns and gathers them In. |