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Show u . r STRENGTH AN1 IEROClXr ( II Tim AFRICAN OQUILXAS la 4&s4WGmiiJ,isproUalJy.theIirttji g only whltb'raaii. who has''dared:to wa it war with Gorijlqs. The apes of Bon a) and Sumatra, aro Infants (n cdniparii f with them. The far-famed Chimpanzee o a grcat.docile creature, which can ne a be tiatncd tu thd.smiie.day with, the gig n ttc'Savagfrof Central Africa. Think " it! Tho gorilla is six" feet twcf.inches C height' and three 'between 'the'shouli s: blades. The p;nv is, .that jflf a "glaul i- thrca times- the. size of the hntnan hai ;e The linger nicasurcs six inches in circt ferencont the base. There is an Immci h ridge. rnnniug.ptrpeodicular over tho b nlum; this, and "flic, great jaws hre pact o with muscle of prodigious strength. 1 creature has huge- arms, oltogether ( n proportioned to the body. It is corci with black hair, und has a matted lock t, its head, which it has. the power of bri r jng over its face. It hfti almost the is gacity of a man, oud almost tho feroc t, of a fiend. Tho tiiale.is terribly, pngi "o ciousjj the female always Uiesi WI t- they make theik1 atfuek they beat th is breasts with their fists, makiue a son ty l which can bo.heard.a mile, Their crj e-J which has a terrific resemblance to a J i? man Volcer-mau bo heanl ttrcc miles at the reverberation of tho hills. As tl id approach their ndversary, they eudca-in eudca-in to intimidate him. Ono would th: )) this, was easily done. That fearful soui Is, those frantic eyes, glaring, with the In! lificnco and malignity of a demon, vr its enough to shake nerves not easily :d turbed from their equipoise; Our hi y, lost five or six men in these strange is gagcmelits. Think of the treincndi n strength that, with one blow of the ai a could crush the ribs like pipestcms, t d tear out a piece of the. side; and tli ed with a single movement of the jV,,co y crush the barrel or a gun as if it had b dt a stick, or candy I Another facti Th rn . lr 1.. . I i . f Ml- |
