queaked out something plaintive, which, of course, I could not
understand; on which suddenly the monster flung down his tree, squatted
down on his huge hams by the side of the little patient, and began to
bellow and weep.

And now, do you see whom I had rescued? I had rescued the young Prince
of the Gorillas, who was out walking with his nurse and footman. The
footman had run off to alarm his master, and certainly I never saw a
footman run quicker. The whole army of Gorillas rushed forward to rescue
their prince, and punish his enemies. If the King Gorilla's emotion
was great, fancy what the queen's must have been when SHE came up! She
arrived, on a litter, neatly enough made with wattled branches, on which
she lay, with her youngest child, a prince of three weeks old.

My little protege with the wounded leg, still persisted in hugging me
with its arms (I think I mentioned that they are longer than those of
men in general), and as the poor little brute was immensely heavy, and
the Gorillas go at a prodigious pace, a litter was made for us likewise;
and my thirst much refreshed by a footman (the same domestic who had
given the alarm) running hand over hand up a cocoanut-tree, tearing the
rinds off, breaking the shell on his head, and handing me the fresh milk
in its cup. My little patient partook of a little, stretching out its
dear little unwounded foot, with which, or with its hand, a Gorilla can
help itself indiscriminately. Relays of large Gorillas relieved each
other at the litters at intervals of twenty minutes, as I calculated by
my watch, one of Jones and Bates's, of Boston, Mass., though I have been
unable to this day to ascertain how these animals calculate time with
such surprising accuracy. We slept for that night under--

And now, you see, we arrive at really the most interesting part of my
travels in the country which I intended to visit, viz. the manners and
habits of the Gorillas chez eux. I give the heads of this narrative
only, the full account being suppressed for a reason which shall
presently be given. The heads, then, of the chapters, are briefly as
follows:--

The author's arrival in the Gorilla country. Its geographical position.
Lodgings assigned to him up a gum-tree. Constant attachment of the
little prince. His royal highness's gratitude. Anecdotes of his wit,
playfulness, and extraordinary precocity. Am offered a portion of poor
Larkins for my supper, but decline with horror. Footman brin