CHAPTER XI. 
MR., MRS., AND MASTER GORILLA. 
HE reader will kindly bear in mind, 
when perusing my notes upon the 
gorilla, that, as in the the case of the 
Fa^ cannibalism described by the 
young French traveller, my knowledge of the 
anthropoid is confined to the maritime region; 
moreover, that it is hearsay, fate having prevented 
my nearer acquaintance with the “ape of con¬ 
tention.’’ 
The discovery must be assigned to Admiral 
Hanno of Carthage, who, about b. c. 500, first in the 
historical period slew the Troglodytes, and carried 
home their spoils. 
The next traveller who described the great 
Troglodytes of equatorial Africa was the well- 
known Andrew Battel, of Leigh, Essex (1589 to 
1600); and his description deserves quoting. “ Here 
(Mayombo) are two kinds of monsters common to 
these woods. The largest of them is called Pongo 
