68 WILD LIFE UNDER THE EQUATOR. 
very great gorilla country. These huge beasts roam in | 
the forests which grow down to the very edge of the sea, 
and now and then get a peep at the ocean. I wonder 
what they think of it. I would have given the world to 
see them looking at it; to see their deep gray eyes gazing 
on the broad expanse of the waters. I have seen their 
very footsteps within a few yards of the beach. 
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