202 WILD LIFE UNDER THE EQUATOR. 
We were glad when we were inside, for our live stock 
had not been very easy to carry; besides, the Ashingas 
were heavy. 
We immediately loosened the cords of the ncheri 
and nchombi, who for a few minutes could not walk, 
but soon afterward found their legs and made most tre- 
mendous leaps, cutting up wonderful capers. ‘They were 
perfectly wild, but it was of no use, they could not leap 
over the palisades. 
Part of the ncheri that had been killed was cut and 
cooked, and we had a most delicious meal. We went to 
sleep in safety, but nevertheless we kept our guns by our 
sides. 
Karly the next morning Querlaouen and I went to see 
if our little canoe, that had carried us up the river, and 
which we had hidden in a little narrow creek somewhat 
remote from the main river, was still there, and also to 
see if we would not meet with strange human foot-prints, - 
which might indicate the near presence of an enemy and 
that we had been discovered. We came back perfectly 
satisfied that no one had discovered our whereabouts and 
that our canoe was quite safe. So we returned to tell 
the news, and in the afternoon we went and set traps for 
monkeys, which were evidently somewhat abundant, as 
we could hear their chattering all day long. Querlaouen, 
besides his gun,’had an axe with him, and I carried my 
huge hunting-knife. 
We came to a little spring and felled a small tree 
across for the monkey to use as a bridge; then not far 
from the end of the tree or bridge we bent a bough, at 
the extremity of which we made a ring. This ring, 
touching the bridge, was fixed in such a manner that the 
