34 THE GORILLA. 



voice, and would try to hurry towards me when he 

 saw me." 



A third time M. du Chaillu succeeded in procuring 

 a young living gorilla, under the following circum- 

 stances : 



He had been hunting for about an hour, when 

 the cry of a young gorilla calling to his mother 

 was heard. Two men, who were in advance, and 

 who were well accustomed to life in the woods, 

 knelt down and crawled through the bushes ; about 

 half an hour afterwards two shots were heard. M. 

 du Chaillu ran and found the mother shot dead, 

 but the young one had saved itself in the woods. 



They concealed themselves in order to wait for its 

 return. They had not to wait long, it reappeared, 

 jumped on its mother, and began to suck and to caress 

 her. The hunters rushed upon it immediately, but 

 although the little ajiimal was evidently less than 

 two years old, it fought with so much force that it 

 succeeded in escaping. 



It was retaken, nevertheless ; not, however, until one 

 of the -men had been severely bitten in the arm by 

 the little demon. It was a female. When brought 

 back to its mother, it threw itself upon her, and 

 buried its head in the maternal bosom. It was a 

 touching sight. Unhappily, this little female only 

 lived ten days; she was not as ferocious as the 



