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in various ways, as in trying to unlock a cupboard and to tack pieces 

 of list over cracks in the door. But how any one who has once seen 

 either a Chimpanzee or a Gorilla could mistake it for the young of 

 the latter passes comprehension. 



Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, who have both seen 

 the animal (the latter coming expressly from Wrexham, on the faith 

 of the above public announcements, to do so), will confirm my 

 statements, if they have not already published protests of their 

 own. 



One specimen of the Gorilla has certainly been imported into 

 Liverpool alive. This occurred in the winter of 1855-56. 



This individual, called " Jenny," was slightly larger, I believe, than 

 the preceding, and was purchased by Mrs. Wombwell, in whose 

 menagerie it lived some short time, and in which, on its subsequent 

 arrival in Liverpool, I first saw it. A short notice of this animal was 

 written by Mr. Waterton, and subsequently published in some local 

 paper. It was active in its habits, and so far from being savage or 

 ferocious, it lived with its mistress in her own special travelling 

 carriage, about which it jumped and climbed freely. 



Upon its death in March 1856, it was forwarded to Mr. Waterton, 

 in whose museum at Walton Hall the preserved skin may still be 

 seen. The skeleton is in the museum of the Philosophical and 

 Literary Society of Leeds, whither it was forwarded direct from 

 Walton Hall. 



A young specimen, which died at the Gaboon, in the spring of 

 this year, in the possession of Mr. R.B.Walker, may be seen, stuffed, 

 in the museum of the Natural History Society of Manchester. This 

 is smaller than the preceding, being, as nearly as I can remember, 

 about the size of the young stuffed example in the British 

 Museum. 



The recent acquisition of the skin of an adult Gorilla, in first-rate 

 condition, tempts me to make public the way in which it was pre- 

 served. It was very carefully skinned, down even to the very tips of 

 the fingers and toes, and the skin preserved in spirit*. The carcase 

 was exposed to insects for a short time, and then packed in a suitable 

 box. By these means both skin and skeleton arrived in excellent 

 condition, and indicate the most reliable methods of preserving future 

 specimens for importation. They were secured for this Museum 

 through the liberality of Mr. Henry Duckworth, F.G.S., of this 

 town. 



Before concluding, I may note that an enormous skeleton of a 

 male Gorilla, presented to this Museum by Mr. R. B. Walker, mea- 

 sures 16§ inches in the length of the femur. 



Free Public and Derby Museum, 

 Liverpool, Nov. 24, 1862. 



* Instructions recommending this method of transmitting the skin of 

 the Gorilla were sent to the Gaboon by Dr. J. E. Gray, of the British 

 Museum, in 1861. — Eds. 



