CHAPTER III. 



EXCURSIONS IN SEARCH OF THE GORILLA AND THE IPX. 



A''isit to King Olenga-Yombi — Storm on the Fernand Vaz — Land journey- 

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

 orgies of the King — Magic island of Nengue Kcoma — Village of 

 Nkougon Mboumba — Search of the Ipi, or great Pangolin — Its habits — 

 Village of Mburu Shara — Nkengo Nschiego variety of Chimpanzee — 

 Bowers of the Chimpanzee — Group of Gorillas in a plantain 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 the 

 Gorilla. 



During my stay in the country of tlie 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 

 CajDe 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, 



