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VERTEBRATA. 



the nonn.r.A. 



Consequently, they were killed. Their skins being taken off, were carried to Carthage, and hung 

 ap in the tempi of Saturn. \\< re, according to Pliny, two of them remained as late as 14(i B.C., 

 when Carthage was taken and destroyed by the Romans. 



The name given by Sanno to the savages of which we have boon speaking was Gorilla, and 

 it i- licved tli.it he referred to the animal which we arc describing, that title lias been be- 



stowed upon it. Our knowledge of i1 is yel very imperfect. This is chiefly derived from Dr. Sav- * 



an American P inl missionary, stationed on the Gaboon River, in Western Africa. From 



lii- account, it appears that they live on vegetables, and build huts of sticks and loaves, supported 

 by the branches of tn i -. Their habits arc ferocious, and instead of flying from man, as is gener- 

 ally the case with the chimpanzee, they boldly give him battle. They are said to utter a cry ol 

 kha-ah, kha-ah, Bharp and prolonged. Their huge jaws open widely at each expiration: the lower 



