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petite^ and nice looking, is much fairer in com- 

 plexion than her brother, whom she much resembles 

 in features. As neither could speak English or 

 French, the manager of Walker's establishment — 

 a very intelligent Frenchman, who spoke several 

 of the native languages fluently — served as inter- 

 preter ; however, I did not gain much information, 

 as they said that " they had seen very little of 

 Paullu (as they called Du Chaillu) since he had 

 acquired white man's fetish." With regard to 

 his work, which I read carefully several times 

 during the voyage, I saw quite sufficient of this 

 part of the country to enable me to testify as 

 to the general accuracy of his descriptions; and 

 much allowance must be made from an account 

 written by a third party from notes, however 

 copious. I have no doubt but that Du Chaillu 

 and his people did kill several of these animals ;* 



* Mr. Winwood Eeade, in his work " Savage Africa," as well as' 

 in a Paper which he read before the Zoological Society, published 

 in their " Proceedings," asserts that " Mr. Du Chaillu never killed 

 a gorilla" and maintains " that his booJc is a medley of truth and 

 fiction.''^ I must say that I do not agree with him in this respect 5 

 I think that Du Chaillu did shoot gorillas, and believe his book to 



