THE LIVING WORLD. 
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that, like the American poet, he may find “a solitude where none intrudes.” 
Furthermore, he is so British in his political economy as to resist violently 
male *Gorilla. male gorilla alarmed. 
and somewhat effectually any invasion of his personal rights, among which he 
seems greatly to esteem the sanctity of 
his domestic privacy. His breadth of 
shoulder, powerful muscles, long arms, 
immense and well-furnished jaws, to¬ 
gether with his pugnacity, fearlessness 
and tenacity of life, qualify him ex¬ 
tremely well for resisting effectually any 
ordinary attack, and suggest to all but 
the devoted naturalist, or the irrepressible 
sportsman, that it is more expedient to 
hunt other animals than to make game 
of the gorilla. It is no uncommon ex¬ 
perience for a native to suddenly find 
a hand thrust forth from the branches 
of a tree and himself in clutches which will never relax until he be 
POSITION OF GORILLA WHILE RETREATING. 
