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one of the Suit Lake City ])a])er,s in wliieli lie 

 recounted the great aehievement of the gulls, 

 and said that the people who were direetly 

 interested should build a monument to thai 

 species. 



Fisher Harris, who was Secretary of the 

 Commercial Club, at once took up tlie sugges- 

 tion, and started a movement among the well- 

 to-do ])eople, which resulted in the raising of 

 $tO,000. with which to defray the cost of a 

 monument. 



M.-iiioiiri Young, a young sculptor and .a 

 grandson of Hrigalun Young, now .i resident 

 of New York City, was commissioned to de- 

 sign and build the monument. He jierformed 

 his task sj'mjjathctically and well, aiul tlie re- 

 sult was unveiled October 1, 1913. 



The monument consists of a granite shaft 

 fifteen feet high, on top of which rests a great 

 ball, and on this two gulls in gilded bronze, 

 are in the act of alighting. The jiedestal bears 

 four historic bronze ))laques. in relief, and is 

 surrounded by a fountain forty feet in diam- 

 eter, in which goldfish disport themselves, and 

 lilies and other water jilants are growing. 



The ))eople of the state of Utah have thus 

 set an example for the world; but unfortunately 

 there are few instances where birds have been 

 permitted to work out the complete salvation 

 of the farmer from his insect enemies. The 

 birds are trying it every day. all over the land, 

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men and boys, aruud with gmis .and rcenforced 

 by dogs, and the majority of the farmers whose 

 property these birds are trying to protect, al- 

 low the vandals to range over their fields far 

 ami wide, and hunt the birds to death. 



(JORILI.AS IN THF.IR OWN .IL'NGLF,. 



DURING the past twenty years I have, 

 from time to time, kept gorill;is on my 

 premises for the |nir|)osc of studying 

 their vocal sounds, habits .and m<^ntal faculties. 

 In all, I have had twelve specimens, and some 

 of these for several months in succession. Be- 

 sides this I have s|ient most of that time in the 

 chief centers of gorilla )iopulations. where many 

 good opportunities were .afforded for studying 

 them in a state of nature. From these various 

 sources I have gathered many facts not gen- 

 erally known to the scientific world: but the 

 space here available precludes an elaborate re- 

 ])ort of them. I shall therefore confine myself 

 to a brief account of two specimens that I have 

 on hand at this time. 



"Dinah" is a young female, now ap))arently 

 about three years of age, and beyond question. 

 is the finest S])eeinieu of her race th.-it I have 

 ever seen in captivity. 



As a rule, the gorilla is stoical, morose, often 

 sullen, and evinces a strong aversion to human 

 societv. .Some individuals, even after months 



