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THE RISE OF MAN. 



the males when we gave pursuit. They escaped easily 

 because they climbed over gorges and defended them- 

 selves with rocks. We caught the females but we could 

 not take them with us because they bit and scratched. So 

 we were obliged to kill them. We skinned them and sent 

 their hides to Carthage." 



Pliny, referring to Hanno's account mentions that 

 these skins were still extant in his time and were pre- 

 served in the temple of Juno, which we must assume to be 

 the temple of Istar. 



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TWO POSTURES OF THE LEIPSIC GORILLA. 



(From the Illustrirte Zeitung, October 19, 1905.) 



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Dr. Brehm has a great deal to say about the gorilla. 

 He quotes from Wilson, Ford, Du Chaillu, Reade and 

 others, among whom Du Chaillu 's accounts are perhaps 

 the most interesting, but must be used with care as they 

 are uncritical and ostensibly written more for the purpose 

 of entertainment than to give exact information. The 

 description of his first encounter with a gorilla is very 

 graphic. This native of the forest had been creeping 



