CHAPTEK III. 



EXCURSIONS IN SEARCH OF THE GORILLA AND THE IPI. 



Visit to King Olenga-Yombi — Storm on the Fcrnand Vaz — Land journey 

 to Aniambie — First traces of Gorilla — Form of its tracks — Drunken 

 orgies of the King — Magic island of Kengu^ Iscoma — Village of 

 Nkongon Mbouniba — Search of the Ipi, or great Pangolin — Its habits — 

 Village of INIburu Shara — Nkengo Nschiego variety of Chimpanzee — 

 Bowers of the Chimpanzee — Group of Gorillas in a j'lantain grove — 

 Their mode of walking — Horrid form of monomania — Akondogo brings 

 a live Gorilla — Return to the Fernand Vaz — Three more live Gorillas 

 — Account of their capture — ^Modification of opinions concerning tlie 

 Gorilla. 



DumxG my stay in the country of the Fernand Yaz, 

 before departing for the interior, I made several very 

 interesting excursions. The most important of these 

 were to the residence of King Olenga-Yombi near 

 Cape St. Catherine, on the coast, south of the Fernand 

 Yaz, and to the wooded country in the interior south- 

 east of that place. This part of the country, I have 

 now reason for concluding, is the head-quarters of 

 the gorilla, or the district in which he exists in the 

 greatest number, but where he is wildest and most 

 difficult to get near. I stayed there many weeks, 

 almost wholly occupied in hunting, and had good 

 opportunities of seeing this formidable ape in his 

 native wilds. Some account of these excursions will, 

 therefore, be necessary in this place. 



I visited Aniambie, the residence of Olenga-Yombi, 



