Falkenstein gives an attractive description of the gorilla represented in Figs. 3, 4, during the first months of his captivity: “When this animal reached the station (Chinxoxo, in Loango) it was our first care to procure all the forest fruits within reach, as well as a she-goat, in order to restore the young anthropoid’s failing strength. It can easily be supposed that we watched his attempts to eat with great interest, and were very much relieved when he not only readily drank milk, but ate various fruits with evident increase of appetite, and especially those of _Anona senegalensis_, which are of about the size of a walnut, with a rough husk, and grow in the savannahs. In spite of this, however, he remained for a long while so weak that he would fall asleep while eating, and he passed great part of the day crouching asleep in a corner. He gradually became accustomed to cultivated fruits, such as bananas, guavas, oranges, and mangoes, and as he became stronger, and was more often present at our meals, he began to demand for himself whatever he saw us eating. Since he was thus gradually accustomed to eat all kinds of food, the likelihood of transporting him successfully to Europe was increased.” This is perhaps the only way in which other and possibly older specimens can be rendered fit to endure the passage to Europe. Every attempt to embark them immediately after their capture, without previously weaning them from their old modes of life, and adapting them slowly and systematically to their altered conditions, has invariably resulted, sooner or later, in sickness and death. Falkenstein also recommends, relying on the experience he has had of apes in a state of nature, that this species should be supplied with some form of animal food. He gives this further account of the captive gorilla:-- “In the course of a few weeks he became so accustomed to his surroundings, and to the people whom he knew, that he was allowed to run about at liberty, without fear that he would make any attempt to escape. He was never chained, nor confined to a cage, and was watched only in the way that little children are watched when they are at play. He was so conscious of his own helplessness that he clung to human companionship, and displayed in this manner a wonderful dependence and trustfulness. He showed no trace of mischievous, malicious, or savage qualities, but was sometimes self-willed. He expressed the ideas which occurred to him by different sounds, one of which was the characteristic tone of importunate petition, while others expressed fright or horror, and in rare instances a sullen and defiant growl might be heard.