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CHAPTER XXII. 
GORILLA HUNTING.—PREPARATIONS.—WE KILL A MALE GO- 
~ RILLA.—BRINGING HIM TO CAMP. 
Weare merry. Our camp has been built; we are in 
a country where elephants, gorillas, leopards, and wild 
boars are abundant. There are also antelopes and ga- 
zelles, and other wild animals. 
We are seated round the fire and talking of to-mor- 
row, for we are going hunting. 
We are far away from any village of the Ashankolo 
Mountains, and are near the Ovenga River. Our little ca- 
noe that took us there we have hidden in the forest. We 
are not very far from the land called Kanga Maré. 
There was Malaouen, the Bakalai hunter; there was 
Querlaouen, another savage who knew not what fear was. 
‘There was Gambo, the son of an Ashira chief, who was not 
behind any one in courage. Elephants, gorillas, and leop- 
ards had been killed by him, and he was the nimblest fellow 
I ever saw. To each I had given a present of a nice 
gun, to each I had given also a keg of powder and sev- 
eral flints. We were all very good friends, every body 
said so in the country. They were, they said, the good 
friends of the spirit. 
Before we had started their wives had loaded our ca- 
noe with provisions. They had put sugar-cane in it for 
me, saying I must eat it on my return from the chase 
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