The Washington times., 1922-06-11
Started to Charge Party, But In Excitement
Stumbled and Fell Down Ravine- Shock OF
Fall Knocked Fight Out Of Him and HE Be-
came Easy Target.

was only an instant or two. The
crash the silence at the sight Of
the gorilla. n
Immediately the gorilla went
crashing down into the weltsr Of
vegetation. We thought him dsad
and raced down toward him after
Herbert. but IN . few moments
We found he had made OF. lsav.
Ing . trail Of crushed srssnsry
and blood.
For q few moments the wavtns
bushes gave us the only clue.
then he emerged on the siopes
above and looked back over his
shaggy shoulder. 40 the Sun
crashed again. a. II trying to
comprehend this sudden assault
upon his soiitudes.
THIRD SHOT FINISHED
THE FLIGHT OF BEAST.
I shall never forget the human
ness Of that black. baekturned
face. .. r.H
Then he went piunsins down
the slope, passing near Herbert.
who put In his finishing shot
The great body struck against .
tree and lay STILL, There had
been no sound from him. no bark.
no roar. He had shown no in
stinct Of fight: nothing but the
rush of Q wounded beast to %
cape.
We found him dead against the
tree, face down. . huge. shaggy,
primsval thing. like something
summoned out Of the vanished
ages. And the scene In which ~
lay had a beauty like nothing
earthly.
From that high place. whose for.
ested slopes swept down, down. In
a green flood. to the distant val.
ieys and the blue sheen Of kivu.
We looked out on tho purple
heights Of Chaninagongo and Ny.
amlagria, crested with sun and
rose with volcanic fires. and sharp
ly silhouetted against tnat distant
azure and amethyst stretched the
superb slope of Mikado. edged with
delicate little trees. exquisite min
iatures relieving that long line
, that went UP. up. to the citadel
crag of the top that glowed with
umber rock.
WONDERFUL IMPRESSION
CREATED BY DEAD GIANT.
The gorilla was a tremendous
male. When tugged and propped
upright I shall never forget the
impression he made. The great
girth. the thickness ana length Of
arm. the astonishing shoulders.
made him a giant.
The face was only ferocious
when the mouth was open. The
normal expression was Of q curl.
ously mild and patriarchal dignity.
Without being sentimental you
could see in that face q gisam Of
patient and tragic surmise as II
the old fellow had a prescience
that something was happening IN
the world against which his
strength was Of no avaii--as IL lie
knew the security Of his high place
was gone.
For generations he had lived
without fear. He preyed upon no
one for his food; he ate the wild
carrot and fresh gresns, disturb
ing no one and disturbed by none
Of his world.
He could have crushed q lion or
strangled 1t, and an elephant. II
sripped by the trunk. would have
had no thought but Of escape. He
had been indeed the king Of the
African forests.
The measurements We took then
showed his height to be five feet
seven and q half inches, the reacn
from his hand to the ground eight
feet and two inches, and from
hand to hand seven test sght ana
a half inches. His chest was b.
tween sixty-two and sixtyrthree.
He was, we felt sure, the hig bull
of Karissimbi, Of which We had
heard. This bull had been shot at
before and We found an old wound
in the hip, which haA gwen . de-
cided curvature to the spine. short
ening the height. r. g
Looking at his great arm and
curving fingers--ths fist a. big a.
. mans head--I could understand
how unwary hunters In the old
days had been scooped out like
soft shell crabs. ;.. .....F
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