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Arrival at “ the Bushy 
to getting on with the men. He supplies the vil¬ 
lage with “ beef,” here meaning not the roast of 
Old England, but any meat, from a field-rat to a 
hippopotamus. He boasts that he has slain with 
his own hand upwards of a hundred gorillas and 
anthropoid apes, and, since the demand arose in 
Europe, he has supplied Mr. R. B. N. Walker and 
others with an average of one per month, including 
a live youngster ; probably most, if not all, of them 
were killed by his “ bushmen,” of whom he can 
command about a dozen. 
Forteune began by receiving his “dash,” six 
fathoms of “ satin cloth,” tobacco, and pipes. 
After inspecting my battery, he particularly ap¬ 
proved of a smooth-bored double-barrel (Beattie 
of Regent Street) carrying six to the pound. Like 
all these people, he uses an old and rickety trade- 
musket, and, when lead is wanting, he loads it with 
a bit of tile : as many gorillas are killed with 
tools which would hardly bring down a wild cat, it 
is evident that their vital power cannot be great. 
He owned to preferring a charge of twenty buck¬ 
shot to a single ball, and he received with joy a 
little fine gunpowder, which he compared compli- 
mentarily with the blasting article, half charcoal 
withal, to which he was accustomed. 
Presently a decently dressed, white-bearded man 
of light complexion announced himself, with a 
flourish and a loud call for a chair, as Prince 
