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FEMALE GORILLA AND HER YOUNG. 
steps along the beach: they must certainly have come 
there to bathe, and this I had never seen before. 
One fine morning, just at sunrise, I spied a sail coming 
from the south. How glad I was as I saw that sail com- 
ing nearer and nearer ! 
- I knew that white men were on board! 
The canoe'which my men had fetched from Amimbri 
lay on the beach ready to be launched: the men were 
there with their paddles ready. Ratenou was in com- 
mand and waiting for my orders. 
What was to be done? I had left the flag at Wash- 
ington! How sorry I felt! 
A long pole which Kombé had cut was brought, and 
