HUNTING GORILLAS 197 
The first living gorilla that I ever observed was in the Zodlogi- 
cal Park in London many years ago. It was very young and 
its chief aim in life seemed a desire to be loved. This has seemed 
to be the chief characteristic of the few live gorillas that I have 
seen in captivity. They appear to have an extremely affection- 
ate disposition and to be passionately fond of the person most 
closely associated with them; and I think there is no doubt that 
John Daniel, who died in the Ringling Brothers Circus in Madi- 
son Square Garden in the spring of 1921, died of a broken heart 
because he was separated from his mistress. I did not have the 
pleasure of seeing John Daniel alive; but in death he certainly 
had the appearance of anything but a savage beast. The 
above notes are here set down for the purpose of recording the 
frame of mind with which I am going into the Kivu country 
to study, photograph, and collect gorillas. 
Going as I am, equipped with motion-picture cameras with 
which one can get motion pictures under most adverse condi- 
tions, I am led to hope for something in the way of photographs 
of live wild gorillas. I hope that I shall have the courage to allow 
an apparently charging gorilla to come within reasonable dis- 
tance before shooting. I hesitate to say just what I consider a 
reasonable distance at the present moment. I shall feel very 
gratified if I can get a photograph at twenty feet. I should be 
proud of my nerve if I were able to show a photograph of him 
at ten feet, but I do not expect to do this unless I am at the 
moment a victim of suicidal mania. 
The rest of the party had the courage of my con- 
'victions and with these tenets we set out, men, 
women, and child to hunt the “ferocious” gorilla in 
the heart of Africa. 
While getting provisions and equipment in London 
I had the good fortune to be able to check up with 
accuracy the location of the gorilla country. I had 
lunch with Sir Northrop Macmillan from Nairobi, 
Kenia Colony, Sir Charles Ross, and Mr. Grogan, who 
