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The attack of the gorilla is that of the apes and 
the monkeys generally. The big-bellied satyr 
advances to the assault as it travels, shuffling on 
all-fours ; “ rocking ” not traversing ; bristling the 
crest, chattering, mowing and displaying the fear¬ 
ful teeth and tusks. Like all the Simiads, this 
Troglodyte sways the body to and fro, and springs 
from side to side for the purpose of avoiding the 
weapon. At times Quasimodo raises himself 
slightly upon the dwarfed “ asthenogenic,” and al¬ 
most deformed hind limbs, which look those of a 
child terminating the body of a Dan Lambert: the 
same action may be seen in its congeners great 
and small. The wild huntsmen almost cried with 
laughter when they saw the sketches in the “ Gorilla 
Book,” 1 the mighty pugilist standing stiff and up¬ 
right as the late Mr. Benjamin Gaunt, “ beating 
the breast with huge fists till it sounded like an 
immense bass drum ; ” and preparing to deal a 
buffet worthy of Friar Tuck. They asked me if 
I thought mortal man would ever attempt to face 
such a thing as that ? With respect to drumming 
with both forehands upon the chest, some asserted 
that such is the brute’s practice when calling Mrs. 
Gorilla, or during the Excitement of a scuffle; but the 
accounts of the bushmen differ greatly on this point. 
In a hand-to-hand struggle it puts forth one of the 
1 First Edition, Illustration VI. (p. 71), and XLIII. (p. 297). 
