Gorgon

in Greek mythology, one of the three sisters, daughters of Phor. eys and Ceto. Their names vere Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, all of whom were immortal except Medusa. According to the mythologists, their hair was entwined with serpents, their hands were bra ; their body was covered with impenetrable scales, anc their teeth were as long as the tusks of a wild boar. They were so frightful that they turned to stone all those on whom they fixed their eyes. They were conquered by Perseus. The head of Medusa remained in his hands; and after he had finished all his laborious expeditions he gave it to Minerva, who placed it on her wgis, with which she turned into stone all such as fixed their eyes upon it. —— @ ete oe in. ae man wk! > HS FEMALE GORILLA. Gorilla, a celebrated anthropoid ape, generally believed to come nearer than any known one to man. The height is about 5 feet, almost the ee reinciechriaeees— ent same as man. On the other hand, the greatest napagity of the gorilla’s brain is only 3414 cubie inches, the least 23, against 62 in the least capacious human skull, and 114 in the greatest. The low facial angle also, and the abundant hair, with the extraordinary breadth of the chest, dis minish the resemblance. The laste mentioned characteristic imparts to the animal a colo al strength. It is a native of Lower Guinea and the interior of equinoctial Africa.