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NEW ENGLAND FARTHER. 



March 



personal encounters with them, of one of 

 ■which we give his relation as follows : 



"There must be gorillas not far off," whispered 

 Malaoutn into my cars, and at the same time he 

 leaked carefully at his gun. Querlaouen and 

 Gambo gave a chuckle, and looked at Malaouen 

 and at me. Wo all listened in silence ; we were 

 then in one of the thickest and densest parts of 

 the forest; all was apparently still, but the quick 

 car of Malaouen had detected something, had 

 heard a noise, and he wanted to know the cause 

 of it. 



We were so excited that our breathing was 

 loud and distinctly audible. We were all close 

 together and did not move. We at once cocked 

 our guns, fur we heard the moving of branches 

 just ahead of us, when lo! the forest resounded 

 with the terrific roar of the gorilla which made 

 the very earth fairly shake under our feet. As 

 soon as the gorilla saw us he stood up, and beat 

 bis chest with his powerful hands until it resound- 

 ed like an immense bass drum. His intensely 

 black face was something horrid to behold; his 

 sunken deep gray eyes looked like the eyes of a 

 demon, and he opened his mouth and gave vent 

 to roar after roar, showing his powerful canine 

 teeth. 



It was a male gorilla, a real fighting fellow, and 

 was not afraid of us. How horrid he looked, as 

 the hair on top of his head twitched up and down, 

 and as he made the woods ring with his awful 

 roar until the forest was full of the din ! 



We stood in silence, gun in hand, and I was 

 ready to lire, when Malaouen, who is a cool fel - 

 low, said, "Not yet." The monster, according to 

 them, was not near enough. He stopped for a 

 minute or so, and then seated himself, for his legs 

 did not seem well adapted to ' support his huge 

 body. The gorilla looked at us with his evil gray 

 eyes, then beat his breast with his long, powerful, 

 and gigantic arms, giving another howl of defi- 

 ance. I was terribly excited, for I felt that, if the 

 animal was not killed, some one of us would be 

 killed. 



I now j adged he was not more than ten or twelve 

 yards from iis, and I could see plainly the fero- 

 cious and fiendish face of the monstrous ape. It 

 was working with rage; his huge teeth were 

 ground against each other, so that we could hear 

 the sound ; the skin of the forehead was moved 

 rapidly back and forth, brioging a truly devilish 

 expression up^n the hideous face; then once more 

 he opened his mouth and gave a roar which 

 seemed to shake the woods like thunder, and, 

 looking us in the eyes, and beating his breast, ad- 

 vanced again. This time he was within eight 

 yards from us before he stopped again. Malaouen 

 said "Steady," as he came up. When he stopped 

 Malaouen said "Now ;" and before he could utter 

 the roar for which he was opening his mouth, 

 three musket balls were in his body, and he fell 

 dead almost without a struggle. It was a huge 

 beast, and a very old one indeed. Gorillas vary- 

 in height like men. This one was over 5 feet 6 

 inches. Its arms spread out 7 feet and 2 inches. 

 Its bare, huge, brawny chest measured 50 inches 

 round; and the big toe or thumb of its foot meas- 

 nred nearly six inches in circumference. Its arm 

 seemed only like an immense bunch of muscle, 

 and its legs and claw-like feet were so well fitted 

 for grabbing and holding on that I did not wonder 

 that the mgroes believed that this animal con- 

 cealed itself in trees, and pulled up with his foot 

 any living thing, leopard, ox, or man, that passed 

 beneath. There is no doubt that the gorilla could 

 do this, but that he does, I do not believe. They 

 areferocious and mischievous, but not carnivor- 

 ous. 



GRANDPAPA'S SPECTACLES. 



BY MBS. M. L. RAYNE. 



Oh, Mamma, what -will Grandpa do? 



He's t;ono sway to Heaven, 

 Without the eilver pp'Ctncles 



That uncle John had given ; 

 How can he read the papers there. 



Or fi[id b-B hickory staff; 

 He'll put his coat on wrong side out, 



And make the people laugh. 



And when he takes the Bible down 



And wipes the dusty lid, 

 He'll never find his spectacles 



Within its cover hiJ ; 

 There won't be any little girl 



He likes as well as me. 

 To run and hunt them up for him 



And put them on hla knee. 



Oh dear I he'll never find the place 



About "the wicked flee," 

 And how the bears ate children up, 



(That used to frighten me) ; 

 So, Mamma, if you'll dress me up 



Just like an angel bright, 

 I'll flx our ladder 'gaintt the sky 



And take them up to-night.— 7%° Bright Side. 



febies' gepartment. 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY; 



OB, 



HOW TO IVIAKE HOME PLEASANT. 



BY ANNE G. HALE. 



[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 

 1866, by R. P. Eaton & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the 

 District Court for the District of Massachusetts.! 



CHAPTER XX. 



ANIMAL FOOD AND ITS PRESERVATION. 



As a general thing, we eat double the animal 

 food that we ought. A certain portion is un- 

 doubtedly needed to secure a proper physical devel- 

 opment and to sustain bodily and mental strength ; 

 but the excessive use of a flesh diet stimu- 

 lates the passions, stupifies the brain, and fills the 

 whole system with disease. 



For persons of sedentary habits, and for chil- 

 dren, a moderate supply of animal food once a 

 day — and that as near the middle of the day as 

 possible — is sufficient. Besides this reasonable 

 amount at the noonday meal, for those who lead 

 active lives — laboring much in the open air, or 

 within doors at occupations which make great de- 

 mands upon the bodily energies, — a small quantity 

 of meat at breakfast is necessary. More than this 

 is intemperance, as deleterious, if not quite so dis- 

 gusting, as intemperance in the use of ardent spir- 

 its. 



It is true, the season has something to do with 

 this matter, the appetite craving larger quantities of 

 meat,— on account of its heat-imparting properties, 

 —in cold than in warm weather. But less hearty 

 nourishment, when well-cooked and furnished in 



