having been beaten off the field by
gorillas.
But at last, after we had all,
severally and collectively, given way to
despair, we came upon the tracks of a
gorilla, and from that hour we were kept
constantly on the _qui vive_, and in the
course of the few weeks we spent in that
part of the country, we "bagged," as
Peterkin
expressed
it,
"no
end
of
gorillas"--great and small, young and old.
I will never forget the powerful sensations
of excitement and anxiety that filled our
breasts when we came on the first gorilla
footprint. We felt as no doubt Robinson
Crusoe did when he discovered the
footprint of a savage in the sand. Here at
last was the indubitable evidence of the
existence and presence of the terrible
animal we had come so far to see. Here
was the footstep of that creature about
which we had heard so many wonderful
Summary :
But at last, after we had all, severally and collectively, given way to despair, we came upon the tracks of a gorilla, and from that hour we were kept constantly on the _qui vive_, and in the course of the few weeks we spent in that part of the country, we "bagged,"
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