July io, 1909.] 
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GETTING A GORILLA. 
Capt. Fritz Duquesne, the Boer ivory 
hunter, was commissioned by a German natur¬ 
alist society to capture one of each species of 
African quadrumana. He was entirely success¬ 
ful in the work, except that he could obtain no 
gorilla. Finally a pigmy pointed out a portion 
of the dank jungle in which a gorilla had been 
seen. 
‘For four days,” continued the captain, “we 
camped in this hotbed of disease. Beaters went 
out in all directions searching for the gorilla. 
At last some deep, wide scratches were found 
on a cluster of vines. On close examination 
the unmistakable hair of the gorilla was found 
on a broken twig. After some hours we found 
the tree where the gorilla lived. We could tell 
it by the greasy appearance of the bark, made 
so by the repeated rubbing of the gorilla’s 
body. We could tell by the fresh marks, with 
sap still wet, that the animal had recently 
ascended the tree. The scratches were short 
and deep, showing that it had lifted itself up 
and not slid down, which would have made a 
ong shallow scratch. 
“We spread a strong net around the tree in 
1 circle sloping upward on the outer side. 
Wound the top of the net there were drawn 
opes from four directions held by half a dozen 
latives hidden in the bush. These were to 
!>ring the top of the net together and thus bag 
>ur game. 
1 After waiting some hours the leaves above 
ustled and then opened, as a sixfoot male 
rorilla descended unsuspectingly and entered 
he trap. I signalled, the four ropes were 
ulled at once, and we had our animal—for a 
loment. He roared in fury, twisting, jumping 
nd biting the rope into pieces. The natives 
ere pulled about like dolls as he tried to reach 
rst one and. then another. The professor 
limped about in excitement, trying to focus a 
imera on the infuriated animal. 
“At last the mighty arms of the gorilla broke 
hole, through the net and he tore the rest 
jom him as though it were a rotten rag. Most 
the natives fled in dismay. The professor 
fopped his camera and tried to escape; in a 
foment the gorilla grasped him in its terrible 
inds. 
“I seized my rifle and fired into the air to 
lighten the animal. In my position I could 
ft shoot at him without hitting my friend. For 
imoment the gorilla stood still, holding the 
W unconscious man as though he were a baby, 
:1: brute’s lips drawn back from his glistening 
i' ; th. . I thrust another cartridge in my rifle. 
(- I did so there was a buzz in the air, and an 
irow, shot by a native, pierced the gorilla’s 
; e. A roar burst from his red throat and he 
lipped his victim. Like a flash, before I could 
'pot,, a native sprang from the leaves, and, half 
owing, half thrusting, drove an assagai into 
i 1 ; gorilla’s heart. With a groan the brute 
< dead. 
‘Examining the professor, I found that his 
;ht arm was broken, and that some of his 
is were crushed into his lungs. We gave up 
1 effort to get a live gorilla, and, placing the 
nired man in a hammock, carried him back 
C’ard the east coast. He died on the road 
on the veldt beside a native village a lonely 
t: - slab marked ‘Carl Bloch’ sticks up above 
i grass. It is the professor’s grave. Hunt- 
] is not all exciting adventure and laughing 
[ory. It has its tears, like other things.”- 
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