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two bongos (a kind of antelope). Then Eedjioua, who 

 saw tliat all the other animals were being lost, said, 

 " Please, my son-in-law, show the people the place 

 where the other bongo is." Akenda Mbani replied, 

 " If I do so I am afraid I shall die." 



In the evening of the same day, a canoe from the 

 Oroungou country came with goods, and remained 

 on the river side. Akenda Mbani said to his wife 

 Arondo, " Let ns go and meet the Oroungous." 

 They saw them, and then took a box full of goods 

 and then went back to their own house. The people 

 of the village traded with the Oroungous ; and, when 

 the Oroungous wanted to go back, they came to 

 Akenda Mbani, and he trusted them ten slaves, and 

 gave them a present of two goats, and many bunches 

 of plantains, mats, and fowls ; then the Oroungous 

 left. Months went on ; but, one day, Arondo said 

 to her husband, " We have never opened the box that 

 came with the Oroungous. Let us see what there is 

 in it." They opened it, and saw cloth ; then Arondo 

 said, " Husband, cut me two fathoms of it, for I like 

 it." Then they left the room ; then Arondo seated 

 herself on the bed, and Akenda Mbani on a stool, 

 when suddenly Arondo said, " Husband, I begin to 

 have a headache." Akenda Mbani said, " Ah, ah, 

 Arondo, do you want me to die ? " and he looked 

 Arondo steadily in the face. He tied a bandage 

 round her head, and did the same to his own. 

 Arondo began to cry as her headache became worse ; 

 and, when the people of the village heard her cry, 

 they came all round her. Redjioua came, and said, 

 " Do not cry my daughter ; you will not die." Then 



