পাতা:বিভূতি রচনাবলী (নবম খণ্ড).djvu/৯৪

চাদের পাহাড় br> before you, specially by Sir Robert McCulloch, the famous naturalist, whose report has not yet been published, owing to his sudden and untimely death las year. On thinking the mater over, I am inclined to believe that the monster you saw was nothing more than a species of anthropoid ape, closely related to the gorilla, but much bigger in size and more savage than the specimens found in the Ruwenzori and Virunga Mountains. This species is becoming rarer and rarer every day, and such numbers as do exist are not easily to be got at on account of their shyness and the habit of hiding themselves in the depths of the high-altitude rain forests of the Richtersveldt. It is only the very fortunate traveller who gets glimpses of them, and I should think that in meeting them he runs risks proportionate to his good luck. Congratulating you on both your luck and pluck, I remain Yours Sincerely J. G. Fitzgerald