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Show MUSEUM HAS PRIZ6 GORILLA. Monater,( tne yvooda Slain by Gee-I man Traveler. There hH Jipit been placed on exlil- j bltlon It the I'mlni'l! nniicnm. at I llatiihiirj ihe hltt .1 known specimen of gorilla It was suit In Ihe Cameroon Came-roon Territory, In West Africa. After ' much 'llfl! "Hit y It wn removed to llantb irt atun-il. mounted and placed on exlillihlnn. It measures 0 feet In Inches fnni the crown of th" head In the middle i,.,.. and across, from middle mid-dle flr-icr l(, niill.llc fiimer. 9 f'-'l i lii.-ln-e. it was largely a matter of chance that the commercial traveler. Itcrr IV'hen ot rictiwerln. shot this glcantle furllln. When tne unlive came to the ageniy at Catueriui with stories of tho "blc mol.key" Hi rr I'aeeUi-n did not t inui h stm-k in their ynrns. but when the unlive tru ips atnrtcd out to hunt lur the gorilla the lii rnmn traveler trav-eler tmk his riublie and went along After seme In urs' travel lh-y came to the patch of lnii.'i wnere ihe gorilla waa (tipiKwd In le lilillng. The natives na-tives siirroundcil the hush, and aud-dcnly aud-dcnly the bcaM'a bead appeared llerr PWlmn made a path through Ihe bush with his bush knife and when within range look air and fired. ) It was a lucky shot, for the begat at once fell wllh Ihe bullet through hi head. He fell wllh crash and w almost Instantly dead. It waa not an ay matter to remove the gorilla to the roast and thence to Hamburg, but tber It la now, almost llfellko In are ycarnco, an carefully waa the mount- VI Ax Mm lag r,d tnlllng done. Alongside I , lie gigantic akeleton. Blnce the gor- . Ula waa placed on exblblllon the ! crowd at the muaeum have been cnor- . I Boua and the comment upon II C..rv4 resemblance to the human apeclea have been general. Tho gor- Ilia might have omiilliliig to on thla ubj-ct If alive. |