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or ass — -aninials so jiartial lo treeless, grassy plains — in tlic (lejiths of" the 

 mightiest forest of the world seemed to me so strange that I determined 

 to make furtlier inquiries on the subject whenever fiite should lead uie in 

 the direction of tlie great Congo Forest. Fate was very kind to me in the 

 matter. In the first place, soon after arriving in I ganda my intervention 

 was necessary to prevent a too-enterprising (iernian carrying off" by force 

 a troop of Congo Dwarfs to perform at the Paris Exhibit ion. 'i'liesc lit tic 

 men had been kidna])])ed on Congo Vvee State territcrv. The Belgian 



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authorities very properly objected, and as the German impresario had fled 

 with his Dwarfs to British territory, they asked me to rescue the little 

 men from his clutches and send them back to their homes. This was done, 

 and in so doing, and in leading them back to the forests where they 

 dwelt, I obtained much information from them on the subject of the 

 horse-like animal which they called the " okapi."' * They described this 

 creature as being like a zebra, but having the upper part of its body a dark 

 brown. The feet, however, they said, had more than one hcof. 



* As a matter of fact, the Dwarfs ])roiiouiice(l the word "u'api,'" Imt the big 

 black tribes of tlie forest called the creature " okapi." 



