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finished him with a spear thrust. As the men declared they could 

 not carry up the heavy booty alone, I returned to the camp and 

 despatched an Askari with a few carriers to their help. Two 

 hours later the slain quarry was brought in triumphantly hanging 

 on stout bamboo poles. In spite of strongly marked blood- 

 tracks the younger chimpanzee could not be overtaken. 



The next day brought a piece of hunters' luck to the Father 

 Superior. After further and similar exertions he succeeded in 

 reaching another sleeping-tree, from which he shot down a young 

 chimpanzee. As he rapidly approached the dying creature the 

 bush became animated, and, fifteen paces off, there appeared the 

 head and gnashing teeth of a little old male (they often accom- 

 pany the families at a distance, but keep to themselves), who 

 seemed not indisposed to attack him. But receiving a bullet in 

 the breast, he also succumbed in a few minutes. In spite of all 

 this, however, the troop did not abandon the field, and the 

 agitated trees and bamboo proved the proximity of the furious 

 animals for a considerable time afterwards. 



The skin of the old one was covered with greyish-yellow 

 hair ; the hands and feet, like those of my specimen, were a deep 

 black, while the younger animal had a far lesser length of body, 

 with deep black hair and yellow face and hands. 



Thus our arduous time in the Bugoie forest was eventually 

 crowned with some measure of success, and brought us the 

 solution of some few zoological problems. I had at least the 

 good luck to be the first European to capture specimens of a 

 hitherto unknown race of man-apes and to observe their habits. 



Our task here was now completed, and our stay was soon 

 brought to an end. We descended into the valley of the Sebeja, 

 bade farewell to Barthelemy at Njundo, and, accompanied by 

 Czekanowski, who met us here as agreed upon, we arrived on 

 the evening of the nth of October at Kissenji. The place had 

 been gaily decorated in honour of my birthday, which was the 

 day before our arrival, and at the entrance to the town we were 

 met by Knecht, Grauer, and the other members of the expedition. 

 For the purpose of holding serious council together, I had begged 



