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covered by l)u Chaillu in the Gaboon. Africa; nothing 

 was known of its existence in Kasi Africa until Mr. 

 Isaacs discovered it in the dense recesses of the Alau 

 forest. 



The Bongo of the Mau Forest. (Natural History Museum.) 



It is worth repeating that " from Africa always 

 something new." A few years ago the forests of the 

 Congo furnished us with that remarkable mammal the 

 okapi, and from British East Africa comes quite 

 unexpectedly another four-footed and hugely-horned 

 animal the bongo. Few Europeans have seen a living 



