Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-20
Du ChaiIIu'. First Gorilla.

. AaTG41.
 Du Chsillu was walking, as was his cus- tom, some distance in advance of his com panions, ranged in single file, when his ears were saluted by a strange. hitherto unheard of sound. It riveted his atten- tion at once. Could it be the noise of some csnnibal tribe, preparing for combat, or of an elephant disturbed by his ap proacha He cast himself down and witt, ear pressed to the earth listened breath lessly. Once more the oppressive silence was broken, this time by sound of snap ping timber, loud ss gunshot, and then there came crashing to the ground great branch of a tree,-so big that he said to himself, Goodness, these must be gi- antsl" Another bough was pitched down. and it was plain, though he could not see the enemy, the enemy could see him Then from somewhere sloft there issued a prolonged, guttural growl, full of mis- chief, blood-curdling sound never fo be forgotten.
 Gr-r-r-r-r, Gr-r-r-r-r,
 He stopped and made the native signal of danger-a peculiar clicking noise of the tongue against the roof of the mouth. He got his rife in readiness. The bonn bardment of boughs had now ceased: there was absolute silence. save for the humping of his heart against his ribs. It thumped so loud that he feared it vould betray him to the unseen and unknown foe. Wait little, Paul wait a little,' he said to himself. ''You are not ready to fight quite yet"
 Peering into the twilight around and above him, he was suddenly aware of an object in his immediate neighborhood. 4 short, hairy, man like creature, with a black, hideous visage, fierce, staring eyes under low brows, sn enormous mouth with h1ge, canine teeth; this head set on an enormous chest and paunch, mounted on short, crooked legs, and furnished with q pair of arms long and muscular enough to squeeze lion to death. This was the be ing he had come so far to behold: this was the creature that no white man, unless it were Hanno two thousand years ago, had ever seen. This was the gorilla.
 The brute was near him before he saw it, and now it thumped on its chest and emitted another long g-drawn terrific yell resembling the sound of thunder in the sky. It advanced; its black lips curled away from its long teeth in & savage snarl It was not going to wait to be attacked It was eager for the fray. and advancing beat its breast with sounds as from a big drum.
 Du Chaillu WAS alone.
 He drew his rife to his shoulder He said to himself that the nearer the crea- ture came the better would be his chance of giving it fatal wound Savage though it looked, it must have vital part He waited until its hairy body WAS less than twice the length of his rife from the ri fie's muzzle. Then he pulled the trigger, aiming for spot over the heart. Ii was a shot upon which good deal depended for the young explorer,-not to mention the gorilla. The smoke hung in the still air; but he saw that he had succeeded The animal lifted its long arms and bent forward, uttering groans that were human but full of brutishness. It. stumbled for ward and fell on its ugly face, and was dead in few minutes. For observed Du Chaillu, ''ett is lucky, though they are so strong, they die very easy" Such was the end of his first gorilla.