Punch,  41 (1861), 160–61.

Mr Punch on Some Popular Delusions Touching Travellers British and Foreign

Punch

Genre:

Regular Feature, Travelogue, Spoof

Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Human Species


    Insists that 'British travellers—male and female—include specimens both of the Guy and the Gorilla' (a reference to Paul B Du Chaillu's controversial claims regarding the aggressive nature of gorillas) and accordingly protests against attacks on his compatriots' uncivil behaviour towards foreigners (160).



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