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THE SEMLIKI VALLEY 



mysterious forests the natives assert that there are other strange animals 

 besides. the okapi. A creature which they described as like a pig, only 

 about six feet long and very stoutly built, may be the little forest- 

 haunting Liberian hippo] lotamus. There are also stories of a large 

 antelope, with a few white spots or markings, which has very dis- 



167. A CHIMPANZEE OF THE CONGO FOREST 



proportionately small horns in the male. There is a great deal of talk 

 about a huge, man-like ape, but this apparently is nothing more 

 remarkable than the gorilla. The range of the gorilla extends to within 

 a- few days' journey of the j^emliki Eiver. and specimens which have been 

 killed by natives and photographed by Belgian officers (the photographs 

 were shown to me) are nothing but gorillas, so far as I can judge. The 



