Stories of the gorilla country : Narrated for young people / By Paul Du Chaillu.

  • Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903.
Date:
1897
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Stories of the gorilla country : Narrated for young people / By Paul Du Chaillu. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    The young folks believed in Friend Paul, for he was one of them, a lad nearly eighteen years old, when he went to Africa the first time. When he lectured to the young folks they came by the thousands, girls and boys, to proclaim loudly that they loved him and believed in him; and when he put on the clothes he wore in Africa, with all his weapons, their enthusiasm knew no bounds. They rushed on the platform, and boys and girls shook hands and kissed him. Oh, how happy it made Friend Paul! And many of them are his friends to-day. Since he has been in Africa he has travelled in many lands, and written other books for old folks. One of these lands he has called The Land of the Midnight Sun, and soon he is going to write for the young folks his adventures in that wonderful country where the sun shines night and day. There he hunted bears, wolves, and other animals, aud in winter used reindeer for horses, and long snow-shoes to walk with. Since he wrote about the dwarfs many of the young folks have become mothers and fathers; and it is for their children that this new edition is published. Friend Paul himself is still a bachelor, and he wants the young folks of to-day to love him as their parents did. Your faithful friend, Paul Du Chaillu. New York.