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Stories of the Gorilla Country, Narrated for Young People. Paul B. Du Chaillu
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isbn 4064066233044
Автор произведения Paul B. Du Chaillu
Жанр Книги о Путешествиях
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Paul B. Du Chaillu
Stories of the Gorilla Country, Narrated for Young People
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066233044
Table of Contents
Stories of the Gorilla Country.
Stories of the Gorilla Country.
PRELIMINARY CHAPTER.
I had passed several years on the African Coast before I began the explorations recorded in my first book. In those years I hunted, traded with the natives, and made collections in natural history.
In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveller necessarily sees what is strange and wonderful, for everything is strange.
In this book I have attempted to relate some of the incidents of life in Africa for the reading of young folks. In doing this I have kept no chronological order, but have selected incidents and adventures here and there as they seem to be fitted for my purpose.
I have noticed that most intelligent boys like to read about the habits of wild animals, and the manners and way of life of savage men; and of such matters this book is composed. In it I have entered into more minute details concerning the life of the native inhabitants than I could in my other books, and have shown how the people build their houses, what are their amusements, how they hunt, fish, eat, travel, and live.
Whenever I am at a friend's house the children ask me to tell them something about Africa. I like children, and in this book have written especially for them. I hope to interest many who are yet too young to read my larger works.
MY RECEPTION BEFORE THE KING.
CHAPTER II.
ARRIVAL ON THE COAST—A KING AND HIS PALACE—DANCING AND IDOL-WORSHIP.
Some years ago a three-masted vessel took me to a wild country on the West Coast of Africa near the Equator.
It