The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-06-03
GETTING A. GORILLA
VICIOUS STRUGGLE WITH ANIMAL
IN AFRICAN JUNGLE.
Brute's Enormous Strength Enables II
TO Break Bonds and Stay Men,
Der of Party Trying TO
Capture II.

Capt Fritz Duquesne, the Boer ivory
hunter was commissioned by a Ger
man naturalist society to capture one
of each species of African quadru-
mana. lie was entirely successful in
the work except that he could obtain
no gorilla, he writes in lIampton's
Magazine under the title Hunting
Ahead of Roosevelt in East Africa.
Finally a pigmY pointed ont portion
of the dark jungle in which gorilla
had been seen.
For four days" continues the cap
tain we camped in this hotbed of dis
ease. Beaters went ont in all direc.
tons searching for the gorilla. At
last some deep, wide scratches We're
found on a cluster of vines. On close
examination the unmistakable hair Of
the gorilla was found on a broken
twig. After some hsnrs we found the
tree whore the gorilla lived, We could
tell ii by the greasy appearance OF
the bark, made SO by the repeated
rubbing of the gaAllas body. We
could tell by the fresh marks, with
sap still wet. that the animal had re.
Gently assembled the tree. The
scratches were short and deep, show,
inS that it had lifted itself up and
not slid down. which would have made
long. shallow scratch
We spread a strong net around the
tree in circle sloning upward ON
the outer side. Around the top Of the
net there were drawn ropes from four
directions held by half a dozen ma
tives hidden in the bush. These We're
to bring he top Of tho net together.
and thus bag our game.
after waiting some hours the
leaves above rusiled and then opened
as siX-foot male gorilla descended
unexpectedly and entered the trap.
| signaled, the -four ropes were pulled
at once, and we had our animal-f1r
moment He roared in fury, twist
ing, jumping and biting the rope into
pieces. The natives We're pulled about
like dolls as he tried TO reach first one
and then another The professor
jumped about IN excitement, trying Ia
focus a camera on the Infatuated AM
NAL
AT last the mighty arms of.the go
rilla broke hole through the not and
he tore the rest from him as though
ii were a rotten rag Most Of the ia.
lives fed in dismay The professor
dropped his camera and tried to cs-
cape; in moment the gorilla grasped
him in its terrible hands
Il sliced my rifle and fired in the
air 10 brighten the animal. In my po-
sition | could not shoot at him without
hitting my friend For a moment the
gorilla stood still holding the now un-
conscious man as though he We're
baby. the brute's lips drawn back from
his glistenins teeth, | thrust another
cartridge in my rife As | did so
there was a buzz in the air and an ar,
row shot by nati@ pierced the go
rilla's side a roar burst from his red
throat and he dropped his victim Like
a fash, before | could shoot, o native
sprang from the leaves. and, half
throwing. half thrusting, drove an as
segai into the gorilla's heart, With a
groan the brute fell dead.
Examining the professor found
that his right arm was broken and
that some of his ribs were crushed
into his lungs We gave up the ef.
fort to get a live gorilla. and, placing
he injured man in hammock, car,
He died on the road Out on the yeldt
beside native village a lonely little
slab marked Carl Bloch sticks up
above the grass. Hunting is not all
exciting adventure and laughing vie
tory. 1t has tears. like other things"