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“ Enge-ena” and the “ Enche-eko.” In 1852, this 
information was supplemented by Dr. Ford, also 
of the Gaboon Mission, with a “ Paper on the 
Gorilla,” published in the “Transactions of the 
Philadelphian Academy of Sciences.” 
M. du Chaillu first had the honour of slaying 
the gorilla in its native wilds. I saw his trophies 
in the United States in 1859; anc ^ the sensation 
which they subsequently created in London (1861- 
1862) is too recent to require notice. Unfortu¬ 
nately the specimens were mutilated and imperfect. 
Mr. R. B. N. Walker, agent of Messrs. Hatton and 
Cookson at the Gaboon River, was the first to send 
home a young specimen bodily, stowed away in 
spirits; two boiled skeletons of large grey animals, 
whose skins I saw at the factory, and rum-pre¬ 
served brains, intestines, and other interesting 
parts, which had vainly been desired by naturalists. 
Mr. W. Winwood Readespent five active months in 
the Gorilla country in 1862 : Major Levison also 
visited the river, but their hunting was as unsuccess¬ 
ful as mine; whilst, in 1863, Major (now Colonel) 
De Ruvignes is reported to have been more for¬ 
tunate. Since that time gorillas have been killed 
by the French chasseur. 
The young Troglodyte has often been captured. 
The usual mode is to fell the tree, and during the 
confusion to throw a cloth over its head; the 
hands are then pinioned behind, and a forked 
