But the first western discoverer of the pygmies of Central Africa was Paul Du Chaillu five years before Schweinfurth 's first meeting with them .
Paul Du Chaillu found them in the Ogowe district of the west coast in 1865 .
But the first western discoverer of the pygmies of Central Africa was Paul Du Chaillu , who found them in the Ogowe district of the west coast in 1865 , five years before Schweinfurth 's first meeting with them .