252 Mr,, Mrs., and Master Gorilla. 
tribe. The Gorilla cannot stand straight upon his 
rear quarter when attacking or otherwise engaged 
without holding on to a trunk : he does not “ run on 
his hind legs ; ” he is essentially a tree ape, as every 
stuffed specimen will prove. He never gives a 
tremendous blow with his immense open paw ; 
doubtless, a native legend found in Battel and 
Bowdich ; nor does he attack with the arms. How¬ 
ever old and male he may be, he runs away with 
peculiar alacrity: though powerfully weaponed 
with tigerish teeth, with “bunches of muscular fibre,” 
and with the limbs of Goliah, the gorilla, on the 
seaboard at least, is essentially a coward ; nor can 
we be surprised at his want of pluck, considering 
the troubles and circumstances under which he 
spends his harassed days. Finally, whilst a hen 
will defend her chicks, Mrs. Gorilla will fly, leaving 
son or daughter in the hunter’s hands. 
