. CHAPTER XXIII. 
IN THE BUFFALO COUNTRY.—THE PARADISE OF FLIES.— 
THE VARIOUS SPECIES. 
Now, though we have not left our hunting grounds 
of the preceding chapter, we have moved toward the 
Ovenga River, and have built our camp not far from its - 
shore. We are now really in the heart of Kanga-Niaré, 
the name which Quengueza people give to the land. 
Niaré means buffalo, but I have forgotten the meaning 
of Kanga. 
We have changed our camp, for Malaouen was fearful 
that some of our guns might have been heard by the 
warlike Bakalais of the Ashankolo; and as their clans 
had had some trouble with them, he was afraid that they 
might come in ambush and shoot some of us. This, of 
course, was not a very pleasant prospect. These Baka- 
~ lai are so treacherous that they are capable of any thing; 
they kill without warning any one that comes in their 
way, whatever they may be, even women, children or 
old men. 
As we worked hard all day we could not keep watch 
all night, so we had concluded to move. 
Our little camp is pleasantly situated on the edge of 
the forest in front of a beautiful little prairie. There 
are several of these, and rambling about I saw that traces 
of wild buffaloes were abundant. I had not tasted buf: 
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