Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Katie Hernandez and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net LOST IN THE JUNGLE. NARRATED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. By PAUL DU CHAILLU, AUTHOR OF "DISCOVERIES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA," "WILD LIFE UNDER THE EQUATOR," "JOURNEY TO ASHANGO LAND," "STORIES OF THE GORILLA COUNTRY," &c. _WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS._ _NEW YORK:_ HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1875. [Illustration: SHOOTING A LEOPARD. [p. 213.] By PAUL DU CHAILLU. THE COUNTRY OF THE DWARFS. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75. MY APINGI KINGDOM. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75. LOST IN THE JUNGLE. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75. WILD LIFE UNDER THE EQUATOR. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75. STORIES OF THE GORILLA COUNTRY. Illustrated. 12mo, Cloth, $1 75. EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. Illustrated. New Edition. 8vo, Cloth, $5 00. A JOURNEY TO ASHANGO LAND, and Further Penetration into Equatorial Africa. New Edition. Illustrated. 8vo, Cloth, $5 00. _Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York._ _Sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price._ Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Paul's Letter to his Young Friends, in which he prepares them for being "Lost in the Jungle." 11 CHAPTER II. A queer Canoe.--On the Rembo.--We reach the Niembouai.--A deserted Village.--Gazelle attacked by a Snake.--Etia wounded by a Gorilla. 14 CHAPTER III. Harpooning a Manga.--A great Prize.--Our Canoe capsized.--Description of the Manga.--Return to Camp. 23 CHAPTER IV. We go into the Forest.--Hunt for Ebony-trees.--The Fish-eagles.--Capture of a young Eagle.--Impending Fight with them.--Fearful roars of Gorillas.--Gorillas breaking down Trees. 28 CHAPTER V. Lost.--Querlaouen says we are Bewitched.--Monkeys and Parrots.--A deserted Village.--Strange Scene before an Idol.--Bringing in the Wounded.--An Invocation. 37 CHAPTER VI. A white Gorilla.--Meeting two Gorillas.--The Female runs away.--The Man Gorilla shows fight.--He is killed.--His immense Hands and Feet.--Strange Story of a Leopard and a Turtle. 48 CHAPTER VII. Return to the Ovenga River.--The Monkeys and their Friends the Birds.--They live together.--Watch by Moonlight for Game.--Kill an Oshengui. 55 CHAPTER VIII. We are in a Canoe.--Outfit for Hunting.--See a beautiful Antelope.--Kill it.--It is a new Species.--River and forest Swallows. 62