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Title: Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: (Price, J. P. Hyde), 1874- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Hunting
Publisher: New York, McLoughlin bro's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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it crashed through the undergrowth and soon it appearedwalking on its feet like a chimpanzee. The nearest man to it was a bravenative hunter, who stood at one side in case of a frontal attack. The whitehunter had been told to reserve his fire until the brute came quite close, fora bullet at a long distance would not have any deadly effect. The gorilla was sly and came slowly forward as though it did not seean enemy at its side, but it suddenly swung round and charged the native,who tripped over a root, and the next instant the ape was upon him. Thegorilla seized its victim by the neck and shook him only once, and then let GURILLyV HUNTING the dead body fall. This seemed to rouse its rage for it advanced on thet of the party roaring and beating its chest. When only a few yardsfrom it enemies it rofe to its full height, its devilish gray .^es dartingZee of hatred The hunter fired and the bullet passed into the shoulde .fid a th me instant the ape charged. Two more carefully aimed shots
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were put in without seeming to have any effect at all except that of rousing the brute to still greater fury. y ^a ih.i 11nlp^<^ The hunter was now thoroughly frightened, for he realized tha unlessa vital spot was hurt they would probabely all be killed The gorilla soonrecognised the white man as its chief enemy and charged him._ The brutecame so close that it gripped the rifle barrel and twisted it in its hands asthou-h it were made of lead pipe. The hunter backed away and seizing GORILLA HUNTING another rifle from a trusty native who was close at hand, sent a ballcrashing through the apes skull. It gave one roar and tumbled head fore-most on its face. The body twitched for several minutes: and not one of thenatives would go near it until they could be sure that it was really dead.They got a long pole and turned the body over and over to make sure.The height of that gorilla was just a little short of seven feet! One of the greatest dangers in gorilla hunting is that sometimes the

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