THE KING OF THC JUNGLE. 481 



A glance told him the situation, and he hurried to the spot. The fiery young 

 gorilla was no more frightened by the appearance of two hunters than by a single 

 one, and he confronted them with the same defiance that he had shown when 

 opposed by the single sportsman. 



The contract, however, was too extensive for the young fury, and, kicking, 

 scratching, biting and fighting with a fierceness that was amazing, he was finally 

 obliged to succumb to the entanglements of the same net that had served so well 

 in making captive the chimpanzee. 



