The Gorilla Hunters

By: Ballantyne, Robert Michael

One night, about five or six weeks after our resolution to go to Africa on a hunting expedition was formed, I put to myself the question, "Can it be possible that we are actually here, in the midst of it?""Certainly, my boy, in the very thick of it," answered Peterkin, in a tone of voice which made Jack laugh, while I started and exclaimed-"Why, Peterkin, how did you come to guess my thoughts?""Because, Ralph, you have got into a habit of thinking aloud, which may do very well as long as you have no secrets to keep but it may prove inconvenient some day, so I warn you in time."Not feeling disposed at that time to enter into a bantering conversation with my volatile companion, I made no reply, but abandoned myself again to the pleasing fancies and feelings which were called up by the singular scene in the midst of which I found myself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0917377YN
• ISBN13: 9798730039582
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary