DU CHAILLU, du d'art, 141.rom (1835-1903). An African explorer and author. He was born in New Orleans, La., of French Huguenot parentage, and was educated in Paris.
lie at au early age to Africa, where his father was as a trader in t:abtin country. Young Du •hain!' familiarized himself WI the language and customs of the neighboring coast tribes, and :titer three year spent in Amer lea. set out. in 1s55, upon anexploringexpedition into the interior of equatorial Africa. Ile spent nearly four years in his explorations, and his dis coverics added greatly to the knowledge of the Ilona and fauna 14 Africa. although, because of their rather remarkable character. the truth of his accounts was -canted by at the time. Beside- being the tirst white man to ob serve and obtain specimens of the gorilla. he me cured sixty hitherto unknown speeies of birds. and aceuninhited much valuable information as to the life and eustom, of the almost unknown tribes of in the interior of the continent.
Ili,: published account of his explorations and L',rp lora t ions mid .1v1 runt s in Enuel torial .1 f civil ( 18611, met with a storm I if ridicule and reintation. in order to further sub stantiate Ilk mateinctit, he made a second journey into equatorial Africa in 1Ati3. where he remained until Istt5 and added to his previous discoveries.
on Ser1)11(1 expedition are de tailed in .1 °Hole to sha ago La nil ( ISIIT ). In 1S72-73 lie made explorations in Norway, Swe den, Lapland, and Finland; and in 1S9S-1902 t raveled through Russia. His published works, be sides t hose named above. include : •h, aori/ht ("oll try I 1 ) Ltfr t ndry t lir Egli!, tor ( : Lost in hi. Jungle I Iti1;91 .Ipinyi Kinytimit I Iti70) l'ount ca of the Dwarf s ( IS70) ; Thc Land of the 11 iilnight Nun. ( ; The•iking .1gc 1s89 ; The Iwitul of Ito Long V ight (111111) ) ; and The World of the Ureal l•occst (1900) .