The Washington times., 1922-06-11
r T WAS November 3, that my
husband ana and Martha
kff1er and prfacfIla Hall and

i WAS NovembeT y, tnAt my
husbAnd ana I and Martha
- Miller and Priscilla Hall and
little Alice and . string Of 1so
sporters left our camp at KissenH
ana started on the three-day
march 10 the mission Of the
white rasnsrs on the aiopss Of
lfSksno. from which Herbert and
Martha ana I expected TO make
eur asoent after gorirlas.
Mr.. Aksiey had left ten days
befors ana vas now encamred on
the heights. from which he ssnt
down reports and requests BY
runner.
ms descriptions Of the oondi.
tions under which he had besn
able TO see his gorfIlss were full
Of disheartening difficulties. but
Martha ana refused to bs dis.
couraged
The fact remained that he had
been ahis to see them and obtain
some desired specimens for his
xroup, 30 we were not going to BE-
turned back by any tale Of hard.
ship now.
And tho reports which We OBJ
tained from Mr.. Barns. who came
down the eastern side Of the
mountains 40 Mr.. Akeley went UP
the west, were more heartenins.
Mr.. Barns passed within . days
tourney of Kisssnyf and Mr.. Brad
ley and I went out to see him.
He had shot three goriiias for
his group. q male. . female and .
young one. They were beautiful
skins, the female and younsstsr
black and shaggy like bears and
the male with the distinguishing
silver.haired back.
The male stood five fsst nvs
and q half inches high. measuring
seven feet SIX and half inches
from the ground to the finger tip.
From finger to finger he meas
ured seven feet five and . half
inches, and the chest was fifty
seven inches.
Mr.. Barns had como up to this
old male In an open space on .
ravins edge, and the gorilla had
started toward him. roaring and
beating his breast
I asked Mr.. Barns II he consid-
cred this . charge. and he said he
couldn't say-the beast might
have been acting from surprise or
alarm and trying to intimidats
him. But he certainly started to-
ward him.
Then he stumbled, for his preg-
ress on his hind legs was unstable
IN his excitement. and fell down
the clifflike ravins. The fall
knocked the fight out Of him
Mr.. Barns went down the ~
vine after him and followed him
through the jupgles for an hour
and a half before coming up with
him. Then he killed him with
. single shot.
NEW WEAPONS DO NOT
GIVE BEASTS MUCH CHANCE.
The perfection Of the modern
weapon does not give the gorilla,
the chance he had in the old mus
xle loading days. In almost every
story I have been able to hear OF
recent hunting, the gorilla had been
taken by surprise and shot at once.
II wounded he would naturally
turn on his attacker; whether he
would charge on sight, II unattack-
Cd was something we did not know.
Mr.. Akeley had believed he would
not. Ny husband and I had no
pretensions to . conviction Of any
sort, but We were going to try for
enlightening experience. II We
could possibly achieve It We meant
70 meet . gorilla on his native
heath and give him q chance to see
what he would do about 1t.
After seeing gorilla skins the
gorillas themselves seemed more
real, but there were such difficult
ties in the way Of discovering them.
and II was all such . matter Of
chance. in spite Of the hardest sort
Of pursuit, that We did not feel in
the least sure whether We would
have any real luck or not. But We
meant to stay until We saw them.
The morning Of the third day our
safari reached Lulcnsa mission.
where the White Fathers received
us most Hospitality, and installed
us In . house waiting the advent
Of the White Sisters, . long mud
house, white-washed, with thatch-
Cd roof. among roses on the noun
tain slopes, q short distance from
the mission. r". wy
VIEW OF TWO VOLCANOES
A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Before us stretched . marvellous
View Of the Rift valley-green hills
A. a. -~iAa SxS~AsAla.