2 Anima! Life 
ammunition, medicine and a few useful 
tools. My arsenal consisted of a magazine 
rifle and a revolver. 
With this outfit I set out for Gaboon 
in West-Central Africa, and from there 
made my way to the basin of Nkami 
Lake, where, in the deep forest regiéns - 
that surround it, live, not only vast numbers 
of monkeys of various kinds, but also the. 
gorilla and chimpanzee. There, in the very 
heart of their wild domain, I set up my 
cage and lived in it for a period of nearly 
four months, during which time I saw the 
ereat apes and scores of monkeys under 
conditions which no other student of nature 
has ever enjoyed, and learned from them 
many things which no one can ever learn from those in captivity. There, in the 
freedom of his native jungle, unaware of the presence of man, I saw the stolid 
gorilla in the act of gathering and eating his food; saw him hunt and capture his 
prey; saw him run, walk and climb as he is wont to do; and heard his wild 
shrieks ring through the sylvan corridors. ‘There, under lke conditions, I also saw 
and heard the more discreet chimpanzee, with his big brown eyes always on the 
alert for food or danger, and troups of timid monkeys of many kinds. There, 
in the shadows of that wild forest, where nature reigns supreme, at any hour of 
the day may be seen some denizen of that strange abode seeking prey or seeking 
refuge, and at any hour of the night may be heard the cry of distress which tells 
a tale of tragedy. 
SER 
From a Photograph. 
NATIVES SKINNING A GORILLA. 
Much of the last ten years of my 
life has been spent in Africa in pursuit 
of the problem to which I have devoted so 
much of my hfe and to which I expect to 
devote the remainder. During the course 
of my studies along the chosen lne of 
research Ihave owned, or had at my 
disposal, a great number of apes and 
monkeys. The chimpanzee, being next to 
man, in the order of nature, has been the 
favourite subject of my work. Within the 
last ten years I have owned seven specimens 
and had access to as many more. The 
one to which I was most warmly attached 
was called Moses. He lived with me for 
nearly a year and was my companion 
duzng my long sojourn in the cage in 
the Nkami forest; but the most intelligent 
one was his mate, who was called Aaron. 
He was also with me for several months 
and came with me to England, where he 
died a few months after his arrival. 
The chimpanzee is easily domesticated 
A YOUNG GORILLA CAUGHT NAPPING. and very affectionate. He readily learns 
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rom a Photograph supplied by the Author. 
