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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 
