1870. 



NEW ENGLAND FAKMER. 



151 



[Oopled by permlsBlon from Appleton^s Juvenile Annual,] 

 THE GOBILLA. 



THE QOHIIjIiA. 



One of the most remarkable animals in Ihe 

 world, and one, until recently, the least 

 known, is the Gorilla. Uniting a wonderful 

 physical likeness to man in man's barbarous 



state, with an equally wonderful likeness to 

 the most savage of beasts in temper and dis- 

 position, he comes nearest to a connecting 

 link between the brute and the human crea- 

 tion, but still is not and cannot become that 

 link. Du Chaillu, the great hunter of the 

 African forests, has given us the best account 

 of this animal yet published. He had many 



