CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXIII 



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Witchcraft proceedings of the Bakalais — Two of the class ** be- 

 witched" — A negro albino — The idol Makambo — Her dread 

 appearance — Return to camp — Monkeys overrun the camp — 

 I drive them off — Escape of Ndova — His unexpected return . 154 



CHAPTER XXIV 



We come to the end of our provisions — Antelope skin boiled fur- 

 nishes us a repast — Ndova decoys monkeys and we soon get 

 food enough — Alapai finds fruits and nuts also 160 



CHAPTER XXV 



I find strange footprints on the banks of a rivulet — Rogala and I 

 set off in pursuit — We find a man under a koola tree — Surprise 

 and capture him — Terror of our captive — We take him to 

 camp and discover he is a cannibal 164 



CHAPTER XXVI 



Ndova falls sick — Stung by a scorpion or bitten by a centipede — 

 Refuses to eat — Grows weaker in spite of all our care and nurs- 

 ing — One morning I find him dead — We make a coffin for 

 him and bury him in the forest 173 



CHAPTER XXVII 



I go hunting in the forest with Andekko — Disappearance of the dog 

 — Sounds of a fierce conflict — I find Andekko fighting with a 

 mandrill — He kills his enemy, but dies of his wounds — Buried 

 in the forest 178 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



Our provisions fail — Attacked again by bashikouays — Release of 

 Akenda-Mbani from his fetters — He proves a good trapper — 

 ** Gouamba " — My waking visions — Another hunting expe- 

 dition — We kill two monkeys, then starve again . . . . 181 



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