IN AFRICAN FOREST AND JUNGLE 



We raised our guns and aimed at the two biggest 

 white-nosed ones and fired. One fell into our canoe, 

 the other dropped dead by the shore. The rest 

 scuttled away in a trice. 



" Good for you, Ndova,'* I said to him. 



Ndova was in a great state of excitement. Rogala, 

 holding his cord, took him towards the two dead 

 monkeys. When he came near them he uttered 

 other sounds, quite unlike those he had made when 

 he called the monkeys to us. What he meant neither 

 Rogala nor I could tell. But I said to myself: 

 " Rotembo is right. Ndova will be the cause of our 

 having food and we shall feed often on monkey 

 meat. We shall not starve as long as Ndova is with 

 us. Great, indeed, is the gift of Chief Rotembo ! " 



A few miles further on we landed. In a short 

 time we were seated by a bright fire, and when it 

 had been reduced to a great mass of charcoal we 

 roasted one of the monkeys and with our roasted 

 plantains made a delicious meal. Andekko fed on 

 some of the bones, and Ndova on a ripe plantain. 



At dawn of day we left our encampment. About 

 two hours afterwards we came upon three little houses 

 surrounded by plantain trees. The houses were in 

 a dilapidated state and had been abandoned. The 

 large bunches of plantain that were hanging from 



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