CHAPTER II 



I PROPOSE TO GO INTO THE FOREST TO HUNT — 

 ROTEMBO PROMISES ME THREE GIFTS — ROGALA, 

 THE FAMOUS HUNTER, THE FIRST OF THEM — DE- 

 SCRIPTION OF ROGALA — ANDEKKO, THE DOG, THE 

 SECOND GIFT— NDOVA, THE MONKEY, THE THIRD 

 — HOW NDOVA WAS CAPTURED AND REARED — I GIVE 

 ROTEMBO SOME OF MY HAIR. 



ONE day after I had been in the village some time, 

 being in the house of Rotembo, I said to him : 

 " I have been with you quite a while, and I wish now 

 to go far into the forest. I wish you to give me a 

 man whom you trust, a great hunter, who is not afraid 

 of danger and who can face with his gun the most 

 ferocious beasts of the country. He and I will live 

 together in the forest." 



Rotembo looked at me with great astonishment, for 

 he wondered why I wished to go and live in the forest 

 by myself with only one man. 



He remained silent for a minute or two, thinking 

 deeply ; then he said : " Oguizi, I will give you three 

 gifts to go with you in the forest." 



" What are they ? " I asked. 



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