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 brings me a young crocodile:  fishy but very palatable.  Old crocodiles too tough:  ditto rhinoceros.  Visit the queen mother—­an enormous old Gorilla, quite white.  Prescribe for her majesty.  Meeting of Gorillas at what appears a parliament amongst them:  presided over by old Gorilla in cocoanut-fibre wig.  Their sports.  Their customs.  A privileged class amongst them.  Extraordinary likeness of Gorillas to people at home, both at Charleston, S. C., my native place; and London, England, which I have visited.  Flat-nosed Gorillas and blue-nosed Gorillas; their hatred, and wars between them.  In a part of the country (its geographical position described) I see several negroes under Gorilla domination.  Well treated by their masters.  Frog-eating Gorillas across the Salt Lake.  Bull-headed Gorillas—­their mutual hostility.  Green Island Gorillas.  More quarrelsome than the Bull-heads, and howl much louder.  I am called to attend one of the princesses.  Evident partiality of H. R. H. for me.  Jealousy and rage of large red-headed Gorilla.  How shall I escape?