DU CHAILLII, PAUL BELLO:NT, b. Paris, 1835; son of a trader to the w, coast of Africa,where the boy passed some time at an early age, and acquired knowledge of the language and modes of life of the neighboring tribes, and of natural history. In 1852, he traveled through the United States, and published a series of papers on the Gamma country. In Oct., 1855, he left New York to explore equatorial Africa, and spent nearly four years in the work, reaching to about 14° 15' east. During this trip he shot and stuffed more than 2,000 birds, of which 60 were species before unknown. He also killed more than 1000 animals, among them several gorillas, a species probably never before seen by Europeans. In 1859, he returned to the United States with his natural history specimens and a great collection of arms and domestic implements. He pub lished an account of his trip in Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa. He
was one of the first to describe the, gorilla; and the truth of his narrative was strongly attacked, and as stoutly defended, mainly by English savants. This provoked the traveler to undertake a second journey, and he sailed from England for that purpose in Aug., 1S63. He went over much of his course on his first trip, but explored some new regions. In Sept., 1865, he was compelled to return to the coast in consequence of the hostility of the natives, having lost everything except his journals. This venture was detailed in A Journey to Ashango Land. He lectured in the United States, where he fixed his residence, and in 1872-73, made a trip in Norway, Lapland, Sweden, and Fin land. Besides the works named he has published The Gorilla Country; Wild Life; Lost in the Jungle; My Apingi Kingdom; and the Country of the Thea18.