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vented the young one from escaping until a negro 

 came up, seized it by the neck, and got another 

 man to bind its hands. In this way the gorilla was 

 conveyed to the basket-factory of the house, and 

 there, as is unfortunately done in most cases, the 

 two large canine teeth were filed off for fear of his 

 using them to bite his captors. 



" This gorilla is a young, male specimen, probably 

 two years old, and has reconciled himself to cap- 

 tivity and to intercourse with men with no great 

 difiBculty. A long, slender iron chain is fastened 

 round his neck, which gives him plenty of room to 

 move about ; but for the greater part of the day 

 he sits in a cask, and makes himself very comfort- 

 able in the straw. He is very susceptible to cold, 

 wind, and rain, and a thick sail-cloth is wrapped 

 round the cask at night. He generally adopts a 

 squatting position, with his arms folded across his 

 breast, and he is always observant of surrounding 

 objects. He always seats himself so as to have 

 nothing at his back, but to keep his enemies before 

 him. When asleep, he stretches himself at full 

 length on his back or side, using one hand as a kind 

 of pillow ; and he never sleeps like other apes, in a 

 squatting position. He goes upon all-fours with 

 the soles of his hindhands on the ground, while 

 the forehands are closed, so that he goes upon the 

 knuckles, and he has the lateral gait characteristic 

 of the species. At this moment he suffers terribly 

 from the so-called dissous or sand-fly ; both his fore- 

 hands are full of blisters, which contain the eggs of 

 this annoying little insect. 



